Opinion ID: 1621897
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: failure to object to testimony of wingo

Text: Kinder next contends that counsel was ineffective for failing to object to Dwayne Wingo's testimony that he had argued with and accused Kinder of planting drugs in his car, and references to such testimony. The motion court found that counsel's handling of the Wingo testimony was trial strategy. Wingo testified that he saw Kinder with a pipe on the night of the murder and saw Kinder coming out of the victim's house on that same night. On cross-examination, Kinder's trial counsel questioned Wingo about his belief that Kinder was responsible for a drug charge pending against Wingo. The record shows that counsel was attempting to bring out Wingo's bias against Kinder in order to discredit Wingo's other testimony. This was reasonable strategy. This point is denied.