State v. Doolin
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The Supreme Court vacated in part and affirmed in part the decision of the court of appeals declining relief on Defendant's claims that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance for failing to object to the crime victim's first-time, in-court identification of Defendant, holding that Defendant's trial counsel did not provide constitutionally deficient representation for failing to object to the victim's trial testimony.
The court of appeals affirmed Defendant's conviction, concluding that the record was inadequate to decide Defendant's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims but preserved those claims for post conviction proceedings. The Supreme Court vacated the judgment in part, holding (1) the record was adequate to decide Defendant's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, but the claim is rejected because precedent permits first-time, in-court identifications; and (2) the court of appeals decision stands on the remaining issues.
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