State v. Putman

¶1 Latrail Putman was convicted following a jury trial of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and of arson to a building. He makes three arguments on appeal: (1) the circuit court erred by not granting his motion for a mistrial related to testimony by a law enforcement witness; (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to take any action concerning a juror who Putman asserts was sleeping during the presentation of evidence; and (3) the court erred by not "conduct[ing] some inquiry" into the issue of the sleeping juror.

¶2 As to the first argument,…