Legal Opinion

Smizer v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided July 14, 1992No. 90-261PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MACY, Chief Justice.

Petitioner Joseph 0. Smizer seeks review of the district court’s order dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief.

We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

In this certiorari proceeding, Smizer raises the following issues:

I. Mr. Smizer’s counsel on appeal was ineffective when she failed to raise the issue of the ineffective assistance of trial counsel to the Wyoming Supreme Court.

A. The waiver issue of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

B. Appellate counsel had an avenue to raise the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel on appeal if in her…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cutbirth v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Murray v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Kallas v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Alberts v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Calene v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Brock v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Keats v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2005
  4. Schreibvogel v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Paul Michael Harnetty v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2022

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