State v. Maloney

LOUIS B. BUTLER, JR., J.

¶ 1. John Maloney ("Maloney"), the petitioner, originally sought review of a decision by the court of appeals affirming a circuit court order denying his motion for postconviction relief. In his postconviction appeal and initial review before this court, he contended that he was afforded ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We rejected Maloney's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, but retained jurisdiction to determine `[w]hether this court has authority to remand to the circuit court for a motion for post-conviction relief based upon the interest of…