Docken v. Myrick

Petitioner appeals a judgment denying his petition for post-conviction relief. In that petition, petitioner alleges that his trial counsel was inadequate when he made a number of errors during the investigation leading up to the criminal trial underlying this case. On appeal, petitioner asserts eight assignments of error; however, we write only to address petitioner’s first two assignments, the resolution of which makes consideration of his remaining six assignments unnecessary.

In petitioner’s first assignment of error, he argues that the post-conviction court wrongly overruled his hearsay…