Keats v. State

GOLDEN, Justice.

[¶ 1] Wade Travis Keats was convicted of first-degree arson in July of 2001. This Court affirmed that conviction on February 13, 2003. See Keats v. State, 2003 WY 19, 64 P.3d 104 (Wyo.2003) (Keats I). On November 17, 2003, Keats filed a petition for post-conviction relief alleging both his trial and appellate counsel were ineffective. The district court denied Keats’ petition finding Keats failed to meet the required factual burden for showing ineffective assistance of counsel. Keats then filed a petition for writ of review, which we granted. We conclude Keats’ trial counsel…