Coston v. State

John I. Purtle, Justice.

The trial court denied appellant’s request for Rule 37 relief on a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Four specific and one catchall grounds are argued on appeal. None of them amount to prejudicial grounds requiring reversal of the decision of trial court.

The first argument is that the trial counsel was ineffective by failing to object to certain hearsay evidence thereby preventing argument on appeal' that the evidence was erroneously received. The evidence was a statement made by an accomplice who did not testify at appellant’s trial. Defense trial…