Dowdell v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

Michael Dowdell was convicted of two counts of felony murder, one count of attempted murder, one count of robbery, and three counts of criminal confinement. He was sentenced to an aggregate term of 160 years imprisonment. After initiating his direct appeal, he sought and obtained leave to suspend the appeal and pursue postconviction relief in the trial court. Postconviction relief was denied by the trial court and Dowdell now raises four issues in this consolidated appeal: (1) the trial court’s exclusion of witnesses, (2) ineffective assistance of counsel, (3) the giving of…