Campbell v. State

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

In this post-conviction proceeding, the sole issue before this Court is whether the petitioner, Kenneth Wayne Campbell, was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel on direct appeal to this Court. After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court found no merit to the petitioner’s claim. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

BACKGROUND

The petitioner was convicted in March, 1982, of first-degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery, and sentenced to death by electrocution, for fatally beating an elderly man and stealing the victim’s…