FARMER, C.J.
In his motion for a written opinion, defendant inferentially argues that it is per se ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) to fail to seek a competency hearing for a defendant who claims total amnesia about the crime for which he has been charged. That being so, he claims that it is per se error for a post-conviction relief judge to fail to order an evidentiary hearing on his IAC claim. We disagree.
As the court did in Mauldin v. State,...
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