Whitener v. State

SELBY, Justice.

Defendant Michael Whitener was found guilty of murder and attempted murder. The trial court sentenced defendant to serve consecutive sentences of sixty years for the murder conviction and forty-five years for the attempted murder conviction. The sentences were also to be served consecutively to a sentence imposed earlier in another court. Defendant now challenges his conviction in this direct appeal. Defendant raises one issue: whether he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We hold that he received effective assistance of counsel and affirm the trial court.

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