Nika v. State

*602OPINION

By the Court,

Rose, J.:

This is an appeal from a district court order denying a post-conviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant Avram Nika was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. He contends that the district court erred in denying his petition because, among other reasons, a proceeding ordered by this court under former SCR 250 was an inadequate forum to determine whether he had received effective assistance from trial counsel. We conclude that this contention has merit. We also conclude that the district court’s summary dismissal of most of Nika’s…