Ross v. State

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Alan Ross is before this Court for the third time. This appearance, like his first two, relates to a 1997 conviction and twenty-year sentence for sale of cocaine. For the third time, we affirm the trial court’s decision to deny him relief.

FACTS

¶ 2. In December 1998, Ross pled guilty to sale of crack cocaine and received a sentence of twenty years, with twelve to serve and the remaining eight suspended, but with five of the eight under post-release supervision.

¶ 3. He filed for post-conviction relief six months later, asserting ineffectiveness of trial counsel. This…