Anderson v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

Thomas Lee Anderson was convicted of the murder of Jim Hurt and sentenced to sixty years imprisonment. He presents three issues in his direct appeal, restated as follows:

I. Were Anderson’s federal or state constitutional rights violated by participation of an inactive member of another state’s bar in his prosecution?

II. Was Anderson’s trial counsel ineffective for failing to request a competency hearing?

III. Was the evidence sufficient to support the conviction of murder?

We affirm.

Factual and Procedural History

The principal evidence at trial was the testimony of Michael…