Curtis v. State

Michael Curtis appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief. The trial court denied the motion on the basis that all the issues outlined in the motion had either been unsuccessfully presented to this court in Curtis’s direct appeal or should have been raised on appeal. Of the eight issues submitted in Curtis’s motion, only two were properly denied, and, accordingly, on the others we reverse.

Of the six remaining issues, five complain that counsel failed to register an objection or failed to file an appropriate motion to preserve potential error for review, and the sixth…