Hooks v. Walley

HINES, Presiding Justice.

Warden Brad Hooks appeals from the grant of Ray K. Walley’s application for a writ of habeas corpus after the habeas court’s ruling that Walley’s appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to pursue a claim of ineffective assistance by trial counsel. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the grant of the writ of habeas corpus.

According to the record placed before the habeas court, Walley was indicted by a Forsyth County grand jury of one count of aggravated sexual battery and one count of child molestation. His original counsel in the trial court…