People v. King

Defendant was convicted of being an armed habitual criminal and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. The trial court dismissed defendant’s post-conviction petition and defendant appealed, arguing that post-conviction counsel provided unreasonable assistance by failing to present defendant’s claims in the appropriate legal form failing to overcome routine defenses to procedural bars, abandoning claims, failing to provide documentation for claims, and generally misunderstanding post-conviction proceedings. The appellate court affirmed, finding that defendant was not denied the effective assistance of post-conviction counsel. (C.A. WALKER and TAILOR, concurring)