THOMPSON v. the STATE.

Although I fully concur with Divisions 1, 2, and, 3 (a), I respectfully dissent to Division 3 (b) of the majority opinion because the evidence supports the trial court's conclusion that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to move to suppress Thompson's statement on the basis that it was the result of an illegal arrest.

I note at the outset that this question arose in the context of Thompson's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington .1 In that context,

[e]ven when the trial court fails to make specific findings on an ineffective assistance of counsel…