Commonwealth v. Thompson

VANMETER, J., CONCURRING IN PART AND DISSENTING IN PART:

*895I respectfully concur in part and dissent in part. I concur with so much of the majority opinion as holds that trial counsel's failure to advise Thompson of the sex offender registration was deficient performance. I dissent, however, with so much of the opinion as remands to the Hardin Circuit Court for another determination as to whether this deficiency caused Thompson prejudice. My reading of the trial court's order denying Thompson's RCr 11.42 motion is that the trial court clearly and unequivocally found that "even if the failure to…