Flores v. State

SWANSTROM, Judge.

Gilbert Flores was convicted in 1977 of voluntary manslaughter. No appeal was taken. He later filed a petition for post-conviction relief challenging that conviction by alleging he had been denied effective assistance of counsel. Flores’ petition was summarily dismissed by the district court without an evidentiary hearing and he has appealed from that order. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Flores contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial because his attorney failed to investigate the criminal record of the victim, Manuel Solis, or to present…