Velez-Santiago v. State

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Velez-Santiago’s first postconviction motion, holding that he failed to show ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with his guilty plea. His challenges to the identification procedure and the searches did not establish deficient performance or a reasonable probability that he would have rejected the plea and gone to trial. The Court also concluded that the ineffective-assistance claims were not procedurally barred, but lacked merit.