Strehl v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

John Strehl was convicted by a jury of four counts of sexual assault in the first degree and three counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Superior Court Judge Jay Hodges sentenced Strehl to an aggregate term of twenty-five years’ imprisonment with ten years suspended. Strehl appeals, challenging both his conviction and his sentence.

Strehl initially contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel below.1 He argues, first, that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to file a timely suppression motion challenging the voluntariness of his confession.…