Hoskins v. State

LANSING, Chief Judge.

Terry Hoskins was convicted of possession of methamphetamine that police found in his vehicle. He subsequently filed a petition for post-conviction relief in which he alleged his defense attorney had incompetently overlooked a basis for suppression of the methamphetamine. The district court dismissed Hoskins’ petition, and he appeals. We affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

In March 2007, two police officers went to Hoskins’ home intending to take him into custody on two misdemeanor arrest warrants. When they arrived, Hoskins was sitting in his vehicle, working on a broken turn…