Cherry v. State

Toal, Justice:

Laverne Holiday Cherry was convicted of first degree burglary and received a twenty year sentence. Cherry filed an application for Post-Conviction Relief (PCR) on the grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. Following an evidentiary hearing, his application was denied. We granted Cherry’s Petition for Certiorari to review the findings of the PCR court pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 50(9).

Cherry contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because counsel (1) failed to object to the solicitor’s references to Cherry as “Doc Holliday” and (2) failed to ensure…