State v. Strutton

Fain, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Willard Strutton, appeals from a judgment dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief, with prejudice. Strutton contends that in his petition for relief he alleged that his guilty plea was the product of ineffective assistance of counsel with sufficient particularity to entitle him to a hearing. We agree. Accordingly, the dismissal of Stratton’s petition for post-conviction relief will be reversed, and this cause will be remanded for a hearing on the merits.

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Strutton was charged with eight counts of rape, and four counts of gross sexual imposition (the…