Herbert v. Manson

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the petitioner has established that his conviction of the crimes of sexual assault in the first degree and kidnapping in the second degree should be overturned because of ineffective assistance of counsel.1 The petitioner, *144Alan W. Herbert, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging incompetence on the part of his retained counsel. The trial court, after an evidentiary hearing, dismissed the petition but granted the petitioner’s request for certification to permit his appeal to this court. We find no error.

The petitioner claims on appeal, as…