William Hinesley, III v. State of Indiana

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary 1

Following a bench trial, William Hines-ley, III, was convicted of class A felony child molesting. After this Court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal, Hinesley filed a petition for post-conviction relief claiming that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel due to his counsel's deliberate strategic choice to permit the trier of fact to consider as substantive evidence hearsay statements attributed to the State's primary witnesses. Hinesley also claimed ineffective assistance due to his counsel's failure to object to improper vouching and…