BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.com
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals is being asked to reject a former pharmacist's complaints about his lead trial attorney.
Jerome Jay Ersland, 61, claims he was convicted of first-degree murder in 2011 because attorney Irven Box made a series of mistakes.
Ersland is serving a life sentence for fatally shooting a wounded robber at a south Oklahoma City drugstore in 2009.
He is asking the appeals court to overturn his conviction on grounds Box was ineffective.
“It is all too easy to Monday morning quarterback months or years after the trial and attempt to pick apart defense counsel's trial strategy,” Assistant Attorney General Donald Self wrote in a response that argued all of Ersland's complaints have no merit.
“The defendant was represented by four experienced attorneys,” Self told the appeals court in a legal brief filed Oct.
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