Landis v. State

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Petitioner Dillard Lee Landis sought post-conviction relief on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. This was appropriate; he did not waive this claim by failing to raise it in his direct appeal even though his direct appeal pre-dated our opinion on this subject in Woods v. State. However, he is not entitled to relief as we agree with the post-conviction court that he did not suffer prejudice from any ineffective assistance of counsel.

Background

Petitioner Dillard Lee Landis was convicted of stalking, a Class B misdemeanor, 1 on December 11, 1995. He filed a petition…