Holland v. State

Blackburn, Chief Judge.

Paul M. Holland appeals the trial court’s denial of his ineffectiveness of counsel claim arising out of his criminal conviction. A jury convicted Holland of homicide by vehicle in the second degree and improperly backing his vehicle into a roadway. In Holland v. State, 1 this Court found sufficient evidence to support those convictions but remanded the case solely for an evidentiary hearing on Holland’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim. Subsequently, the trial court rejected the ineffectiveness claim, and we affirm that determination.

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