Tatem v. State

HOLLAND, Justice:

The defendant-appellant, William J. Ta-tem, filed an appeal from the August 22, 2001 order of the Superior Court denying his motion for correction of sentence pursuant to Superior Court Criminal Rule 35(a). In this appeal, Tatem claims that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to challenge the jury instruction on kidnaping, object to certain trial testimony relating to the kidnaping charge and object to the sentence imposed. In essence, Tatem contends that there was insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction of Kidnaping in the First Degree.

We…