Dixon v. State

HOLLAND, Justice:

Following a jury trial in the Superior Court, the defendant-appellant, Oscar E. Dixon (“Dixon”), was convicted of Trafficking in Cocaine. On November 3, 1989, Dixon was sentenced to be incarcerated for a mandatory term of three years, to be followed by various levels of probation. Dixon was represented at his trial and his sentencing by an attorney he had retained privately. Dixon’s attorney did not file a direct appeal with this Court.

Two months after his sentencing, Dixon filed a pro se motion for postconviction relief. In that motion, Dixon alleged that he was denied…