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Right to Counsel – Postconviction Relief

hannahhoffman//May 27, 2014//

Right to Counsel – Postconviction Relief

hannahhoffman//May 27, 2014//

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This was an appeal from the postconviction court’s denial of appellant’s second petition for postconviction relief. The Supreme Court held that (1) appellant did not have a right to appointed counsel in postconviction proceedings when he was represented by counsel on direct appeal; and (2) the postconviction court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant’s second petition for postconviction relief because appellant’s claims are time-barred. Affirmed.

A13-2169 Hughes v. State (Freeborn County)

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