State v. Toussaint

NICHOLS, Justice.

After the Defendant, Phillip Toussaint, was convicted on October 20,1980, of armed robbery 1 following a jury trial in Superior Court (York County), he not only appealed directly to this Court but also sought post-conviction review, asserting in each that he had been denied effective assistance of counsel. The earlier direct appeal was held in abeyance pending the result in the petition for post-conviction review. Petitioner Toussaint appealed from a denial of post-conviction relief, and the cases were subsequently consolidated. We deny both appeals and affirm the judgments…