Ingrassia v. Thompson

The defendant filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the trial court’s restriction of defense counsel’s questioning on voir dire as an issue on direct appeal. We agree that counsel was ineffective in failing to raise this issue and grant the petition. The defendant shall be permitted a belated appeal related solely to this issue.

The defendant was charged with two counts of indecent assault and two counts of a lewd or lascivious act in the presence of a child. He was found guilty of one count of lewd and…