State v. Ewing

¶ 1. Maurice Ewing appeals a judgment convicting him of armed robbery while masked and three counts of false imprisonment, as well as an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Ewing argues his trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to object to the State's impermissible references to his silence. We disagree and affirm the judgment and order.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2. At approximately 10:30 p.m. on May 5, 2003, two masked men with guns robbed a McDonald's restaurant on Fish Hatchery Road in Fitchburg. A McDonald's employee identified Ewing, who was a former employee, as one of the…