Sproule v. Coursey

Petitioner appeals a judgment denying his petition for post-conviction relief. We write only to address petitioner’s second assignment of error, in which he contends that relief should have been granted because his criminal trial counsel was inadequate for failing to object to the use of a leg brace to restrain petitioner during the trial, and reject the remaining assignments of error without discussion. On review for errors of law, Green v. Franke, 357 Or 301, 312, 350 P3d 188 (2015), we conclude that petitioner was not prejudiced by any inadequacy in counsel’s failure to object to the use…