In Re Ray

Termont Superior Court Filed 01/29/26 Orleans UUnit VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DIVISION Orleans Unit Case No. 21-CV-00745 247 Main Street Newport VT 05855 802-334-3305 www.vermontjudiciary.org In re: Jeffrey Ray FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND ORDER In this post-conviction relief case, petitioner Jeffrey Ray seeks to vacate his sentence for second-degree murder. Petitioner alleges that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel because his defense counsel failed to conduct a reasonable mitigation investigation in advance of sentencing and consequently failed to effectively present…