Lavin v. State

We deny the petition seeking a new appeal on the ground that petitioner received ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. We write to address petitioner’s contention that counsel was ineffective for failing to obtain a full appellate record. Petitioner has also filed a motion to supplement this petition with copies of the transcripts of the missing hearings. We hold that appellate counsel was not ineffective for failing to order transcripts of the hearings when petitioner has not alleged a specific error which occurred during the untranscribed portions of the record.

Petitioner was…