Howard v. State

PERRY, Judge.

In this case we are asked to determine whether the district court properly denied an application for post-conviction relief, following an evidentiary hearing, wherein Earl Andre Howard claimed he had been rendered ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing. We determine that there was substantial and competent evidence to support the district court’s ruling, and we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

In May of 1991, Howard entered a guilty plea to a charge of procurement of prostitution. I.C. § 18-5602. Howard agreed to plead guilty to one count of procurement in exchange for the…