Trice v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

George W. Trice moved for new trial on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court permitted an evidentiary hearing and concluded that although trial counsel had been somewhat deficient, sufficient prejudice under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984), was not shown to warrant a new trial. Trice appeals; we affirm.

Trice contends that although his attorney was aware of alibi witnesses that would place defendant in Missouri at the time of the offense, they were not called. However, both Trice and his former wife testified…