Opinion ID: 1955932
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Petitioner was Denied the Effective Assistance of Counsel at His guilt and Sentencing Trials in Violation of the Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments

Text: Under the general question posed in Section D, petitioner has raised questions D-I through D-IX. The sub-question D-VI relates to the entry of the guilty plea at the first phase, or guilt phase, of the trial. The question is interwoven with the question of effective assistance of counsel. The State concedes that there should be an evidentiary hearing on question B and on question D, although the State does not concede the merits of petitioner's allegations. We are of the opinion that there should be an evidentiary hearing on question B and question D, guilty plea and effectiveness of counsel. Therefore, the Motion and Application for Leave to File the Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis is granted as to the questions presented in Sections B and D. APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. PATTERSON, C.J., WALKER, P.J., and BOWLING, HAWKINS, DAN M. LEE, PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ., concur. ROBERTSON, J., specially concurs. SULLIVAN, J., not participating.