Love v. State

CADY, Judge.

Edward Love appeals a district court’s order denying his application for postconvietion relief. He claims the district court erred in failing to grant relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

Love was convicted in 1987 of first-degree kidnapping and third-degree sexual abuse. He claimed at trial he had consensual sex with the victim and did not cause the injuries sustained by the victim. He produced witnesses at the trial who testified Love and the victim were together at a bar earlier in the evening of the incident, and acted very affectionate toward each…