Johnson v. Tice

OPINION BY Justice BARBARAMILANO KEENAN.

In this appeal, we consider whether a circuit court erred in awarding a writ of habeas corpus based on its holding that a petitioner was prejudiced by his trial counsel's failure to file a motion to suppress the petitioner's confession. We also address as a matter of cross-error whether the circuit court erred in denying the petitioner's separate claim that trial counsel were ineffective, thereby causing the petitioner to suffer prejudice, because trial counsel failed to lay a proper foundation for the introduction of a certain letter into evidence at…