Jackson v. Franke

*352**314Petitioner in this post-conviction proceeding was tried on charges of first-degree sexual abuse and first-degree sodomy in 2001. At trial, petitioner's counsel did not object to certain testimony, and controlling case law at that time from the Court of Appeals held that such testimony was admissible. In 2009, however, the Supreme Court held that that testimony was not admissible. In his post-conviction complaint, petitioner alleged that his trial counsel had failed to provide constitutionally adequate assistance and that he had been prejudiced as a result.

The Court of Appeals affirmed…