Shane Crawford v. State

W. JONES, Justice.

I. Nature op the' Case

Shane Crawford (“Crawford”), the appellant, filed a petition for post-conviction relief following his conviction for lewd conduct with a minor under the age of sixteen, claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at both the trial and appellate stages. At the trial stage, Crawford asserts that his counsel was deficient in failing to request that the court either instruct the jury that manual-genital contact requires touching the vaginal area or define the term “genital.” He further asserts that his trial counsel erred by failing to move…