State v. Michael Spadafina

OPINION

in which SMITH and WEDEMEYER, JJ., joined.

The Benton County Circuit Court dismissed Michael Joseph Spadafina’s petition for post-conviction relief in which Spa-dafina raised a number of issues of trial error and ineffective assistance of tidal counsel in his conviction of first degree murder. On appeal, the petitioner limited his issues to the ineffective assistance of counsel in not seeMng an individual, sequestered voir dire of the jury and in not challenging the use of damaging character evidence. Because we conclude that the petitioner failed to carry his post-conviction burden to…