Kirchner v. State

HECHT, Justice.

This case presents a question of whether an attorney provided ineffective assistance to a client who rejected the State’s offer of a plea bargain in a class “A” felony case. We conclude the district court and the court of appeals correctly concluded the client failed to prove he suffered prejudice as a consequence of his attorney’s advice, and therefore affirm the denial of the request for post-conviction relief.

I. Factual and Procedural Background.

In late 1996 Gary Kirchner was charged with two counts of first-degree burglary, criminal mischief, domestic abuse assault, and…