IN RE ALLEN

No. 12-474.

99 A.3d 180 (2014)

2014 VT 53

In re Burt ALLEN.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devin McLaughlin of Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Middlebury, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Chittenden County State's Attorney, and Andrew R. Strauss , Deputy State's Attorney, Burlington, for Respondent-Appellee.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY and SKOGLUND, JJ., and ARMS, Supr. J. and BURGESS, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


SKOGLUND, J.

¶ 1. Petitioner appeals from the trial court's order granting summary judgment to the State on his petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). He argues that the court applied improper legal standards in reaching its decision on his ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. We affirm.

¶ 2. Petitioner was originally charged with aggravated sexual assault for allegedly penetrating his eight-year-old step-granddaughter with his finger. Petitioner...

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