PEIFFER v. HOYT

(CC 99C-18990; CA A115146; S50315).

125 P.3d 734 (2005)

339 Or. 649

Sharon L. PEIFFER, Petitioner on Review, v. Sonia E. HOYT, Superintendent, Oregon Women's Correctional Center, Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided December 30, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Sara Dean Cromwell, Salem, argued the case and filed the briefs for petitioner. With her on the brief was Melinda M. Buel, Salem.

Kathleen Cegla, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the briefs for respondent. With her on the briefs were Hardy Myers, Attorney General and Mary H. Williams, Solicitor General.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, DURHAM, RIGGS, De MUNIZ, and BALMER, Justices.


DURHAM, J.

In this post-conviction relief proceeding, petitioner alleged that she 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 determined that petitioner had not shown that her trial counsel was constitutionally inadequate and...

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