Pontius v. State

OPINION

BRADFORD, Judge.

Following a bench trial, Appellant-Defendant John Thomas Pontius appeals his convictions for five counts of Possession of Child Pornography, a Class D felony, 1 for which he received an aggregate sentence of three years in the Department of Correction, with 545 days executed and 550 days suspended to probation. Upon appeal Pontius claims that two of his convictions violate double jeopardy and that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In May of 2007, Indiana State Police Detective Andy Byers, who investigates internet…