Stevenson v. State

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Stevenson’s postconviction motion alleging ineffective assistance based on counsel’s failure to discover a federal felony conviction and advise him about habitual-offender sentencing. The Court held that Stevenson failed to establish prejudice because he was unlikely to have accepted the plea, the State was not bound to preserve the offer after learning of his federal conviction, and the State could have sought habitual-offender sentencing even if he had pleaded guilty.