Pennington v. State

Justin Pennington, Appellant, seeks review of an order denying his motion for postconviction relief after an evi-dentiary hearing. Among other things, he argues that the trial court erred in failing to find ineffective assistance of counsel where his attorney neglected to tell him the maximum sentence he could face when discussing a plea offer with him, and the State later withdrew the offer, cutting off his opportunity to accept it. For the reasons explained below, the trial court’s order is inadequate to show that the motion was properly denied. 1 Accordingly, we re- verse and remand for…