Court Opinion

ID: 9709985
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 03:59:01.826768+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:53.215924
License: Public Domain

Shepherd, J.
(concurring in part and dissenting in part). I agree with the majority opinion with regard to the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals to hear the prosecutor’s appeal. I disagree with my colleagues regarding the question whether there was ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, not because the opinion is incorrect, but because I believe it is premature. I agree that there would be no valid claim of ineffective assistance of appel*649late counsel if counsel had decided not to raise issues for strategic reasons. However, in this case the trial court did not conduct an evidentiary hearing so that the former appellate counsel could account for his decisions. There is nothing in the record to establish why issues that have at least some prima facie validity were not raised. I would also have the trial court make findings regarding whether the failure to raise valid issues was nonprejudicial. I would reserve jurisdiction.