Wyatt v. State

OPINION

Judge MANNHEIMER.

In 1994, Ronald F. Wyatt was convicted of first-degree murder and evidence tampering in connection with the homicide of his wife. This Court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal. 1

In 2000, Wyatt filed a pro se application for post-conviction relief in which he claimed that his trial attorney had actively impeded his wish to testify on his own behalf at his trial. However, after an attorney was appointed to represent Wyatt in this post-conviction relief litigation, the attorney abandoned Wyatt’s claim of active obstruction and instead pursued a different claim:…