State v. Caddy

Michael T. Caddy, the appellant, seeks postconviction relief relating to his convictions for the June 10, 1992, murder of Charles Bums. The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether Caddy is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on his claim that he was deprived of a direct appeal from his 1998 resentencing by ineffective assistance of counsel.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The following facts are established by the record in the instant case and the transcripts from Caddy’s prior appeals: Where cases are interwoven and interdependent and the controversy involved has already been considered and…