Morgan v. State

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this postconviction relief proceeding, we must decide whether we should apply a recent United States Supreme Court decision retroactively to the applicant’s conviction. We must also decide whether the applicant’s appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance. That claim is based on counsel’s failure to prolong the applicant’s case so the applicant could assert retroactive application of the decision. The district court denied the applicant relief on both issues. We affirm.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

In November 1986 Hosea Morgan, the postconviction relief…