Irving v. State

SNELL, Justice.

The State seeks further review of a court of appeals’ ruling that David W. Irving received ineffective assistance of counsel which resulted in his entrance of a plea of guilty to two criminal charges. The district court held that Irving’s court-appointed counsel rendered him ineffective assistance in failing to investigate the admissibility of his confession and inculpatory evidence. The court further held that Irving experienced prejudice as a result of this ineffective assistance because the possibility that the confession and evidence could have been suppressed undermined…