Opinion ID: 626847
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Subclaim (e)

Text: Mr. Trujillo mentioned his attorney’s failure to introduce testimony from his counselor in his post-conviction motion to the Colorado trial court under the heading “Conduct of Counsel Resulting in a Sham Defense.” Tr. Vol. 2, at 560. As with subclaim (d), Mr. Trujillo simply listed this issue in his brief to the CCA challenging the trial court’s denial of post-conviction relief and did not provide a supporting argument. The CCA refused to address Mr. Trujillo’s “sham defense” argument for the same 8 reasons that it refused to consider his argument on subclaim (d). Thus, the district court found that subclaim (e) was procedurally defaulted. Mr. Trujillo makes the same arguments here on subclaim (e) as to cause and prejudice as he does for subclaim (d). For the same reasons we articulated for subclaim (d), we conclude that reasonable jurists could not debate that this issue was procedurally barred.