State v. Reynolds

David L. Reynolds appeals from a judgment convicting him of burglary/battery and intermediate battery and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to raise a double-jeopardy objection to the charges, which he contends are multiplicitous. We disagree and affirm the judgment and order.

Reynolds and several acquaintances broke into an eighty-six-year-old woman's home looking for food and money. During the course of the burglary, the victim was struck repeatedly in the head with a frying…