Opinion ID: 853352
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Debbie White's Testimony

Text: Although she was not listed as a State's witness, Debbie White, a bookkeeper at Goldman's Pawn Shop, testified without objection that Mark pawned two shotguns in May 1994. R. at 2498-99. This was the substance of her entire testimony. Counsel then briefly cross-examined her. R. at 2501-02. Wrinkles contends that counsel were ineffective for failing to object because [h]er testimony undermined the defense theory that the Fulkerson's house was heavily armed. Br. of Appellant at 33. Although had counsel objected, the trial court should have granted either a continuance or an adjournment to allow counsel to depose the witness, see Craig v. State, 737 N.E.2d 442, 444 (Ind.Ct.App. 2000), Wrinkles has failed to establish prejudice because he has not shown that counsel would have questioned her differently had she been deposed or a continuance granted. The post-conviction court did not err in concluding that counsel were not ineffective for failing to object to Debbie White's testimony.