State v. Swanson

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

On January 16, 1981, appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of second degree murder and received a sentence of life imprisonment. Appellant appeals the trial court’s judgment rendered on January 6, 1984, which denied appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief after appointment of-counsel and an evidentiary hearing.

Appellant sets forth four issues for our review: (1) whether the trial court erred in failing to enter a written findings of fact and conclusions of law in the court’s dismissal of appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief and what result…