State v. Wilder

Opinion

ORME, Judge:

¶1 Defendant Percy L. Wilder appeals his convictions for aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault, both first degree felonies. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his aggravated kidnapping conviction and alleges that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to argue that the aggravated kidnapping charge merged with the aggravated sexual assault charge. He also claims that the trial court erred when it denied his request for a post-trial evidentiary hearing to question an allegedly biased juror. We…