Grossman v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, C.J.:

Patrick B. Grossman filed a motion for postconviction relief under K.S.A. 60-1507, alleging his counsel at a probation revocation hearing was unconstitutionally ineffective. The district court denied his motion after a preliminary hearing, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted his petition for review.

We agree with Grossman that the Court of Appeals erred by applying the doctrine of res judicata to bar his claim. But because his claim is meritless, we affirm both lower courts’ denials of his motion.

Facts and Procedural History

In 2007,…