Trueblood v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

Joseph L. Trueblood pleaded guilty to the murders of Susan Bowsher and her two children. He was sentenced to death for each of the three murders. He appeals the denial of his petition for postconviction relief and raises eight issues, which we restate as four: (1) ineffective assistance of trial counsel; (2) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel; (3) the postconviction court’s summary disposition of claims and exclusion of evidence at the postconviction hearing; and (4) the vol-untariness and intelligence of the guilty pleas.

Factual and Procedural Background

On August 15,…