Keyes v. State

Appellant Howard Keyes challenges the denial of his motion for postconviction relief from his conviction for first degree murder of Mark Weiner, the father of his girlfriend, Melissa Weiner. The trial court held an evidentiary hearing prior to denying all relief. He raises three issues: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel as his public defender counsel was operating under a conflict of interest at trial because several state witnesses were former clients of the public defender’s office; (2) ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to request a voluntary intoxication jury instruction;…