Slater v. State

The appellant, Archie Slater, appeals from the summary denial of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P.

The appellant presented several grounds for relief in his petition. The appellant argued that there was insufficient evidence to find him guilty of sodomy and that his counsel's performance was ineffective in failing to object to the state's failure to prove the victim's age. He also argued in his petition that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel because, he says, the state presented, without objection, evidence of sexual misconduct…