Oren v. State

CLIFFORD, Justice.

[¶ 1] Steven Howard Oken appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (York County, Crowley, J.) denying his petition for post-conviction review. Oken contends that his due process rights were violated when the court denied his request for a writ of habeas corpus ad testificandum and conducted an evidentiary hearing on disputed issues of fact relating to his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in his absence. Discerning no error or abuse of discretion, we affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] In 1989, Oken entered guilty pleas, pursuant to M.R.Crim.P. 11(a)(2) and North…