SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
Appellant Adolphus Sawyer, Jr. attempts here to litigate a second time the claim that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance, in violation of the Sixth Amendment. The Court of Appeals correctly held that he is barred from doing so.
In 1989, Sawyer was convicted of murder and sentenced to forty years in prison. Sawyer appealed. He raised seven issues, including claims about rejecting instructions, improper admission of hearsay...
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