State v. Hepperle

How courts have described this case

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• finding counsel did not fail to perform an essential duty when the law at the time was less than clear
• finding the appellant’s present contention on appeal, and the arguments in support of it, were not the same as the objections made at trial
• stating the defendant is bound by the objection actually made at trial; the defendant “cannot amplify or change the objection on appeal”
• finding counsel did not fail to perform an essential duty when the law at the time was less than clear
• finding the appellant’s present contention on appeal, and the arguments in support of it, were not the same as the objections made at trial
• ineffective assistance of counsel claims will not lie when state of the law on a particular issue is uncertain or unresolved

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).