POFF, Justice.
In this appeal from a judgment denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, we consider whether the defendant was denied effective assistance of counsel when his trial attorney advised him to plead guilty.
On November 23, 1983, Kevin Mark Bowles pled guilty to a charge of grand larceny, and the trial judge convicted him of the felony. In a sentencing hearing conducted January 10, 1984, the court "suspend[ed] the imposition of sentence in...
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