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GORHAM v. THOMPSON

CC 96C-12929; CA A100889; SC S46642

34 P.3d 161 (2001)

332 Or. 560

A. Kent GORHAM, Petitioner on Review, v. S. Frank THOMPSON, Superintendent, Oregon State Penitentiary, Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided October 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc D. Blackman, Ransom Blackman, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner on review. With him on the briefs was Kendra M. Matthews.

Katherine H. Waldo, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the briefs for respondent on review. With her on the briefs were Hardy Myers, Attorney General, and Michael D. Reynolds, Solicitor General.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, DURHAM, LEESON, and RIGGS, Justices.

LEESON, J.

In this post-conviction proceeding, petitioner contends that his convictions for sex abuse and rape must be set aside because he received inadequate assistance of trial counsel in violation of Article I, section 11, of the Oregon Constitution, and the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.1 The post-conviction court held that, by not investigating experts regarding impeachment and credibility issues...

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