Gerisch v. Meadows

Thompson, Justice.

We granted a certificate of probable cause to appeal in this habeas corpus action to determine whether Keith Edwain Gerisch was denied constitutionally effective assistance of trial counsel in connection with Gerisch’s guilty plea to aggravated battery. Because we conclude that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to recognize and fully investigate a double jeopardy claim, and in failing to *642reasonably inform petitioner of the merits of that defense prior to the entry of his guilty plea, we reverse the judgment of the habeas court.

On June 21, 1998, Gerisch was involved in…