State v. Steele

MEMORANDUM

Movant was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree. The district court granted his motion for a stay of execution of his 41-month prison sentence pending appeal. After filing his appeal, movant moved the court of appeals for an order staying the appeal and remanding so that he could obtain a post-conviction hearing on his claim that his trial counsel failed to represent him effectively. The court of appeals’ policy in such cases is to dismiss the appeal and to allow the defendant to raise all the issues on an appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief. It…