Opinion
A173388
07-28-2021
Steven Ray CHRISCO, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tyler BLEWETT, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution, Defendant-Respondent.
Jedediah Peterson and O'Connor Weber LLC filed the brief for appellant. Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Rebecca M. Auten, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.
Jedediah Peterson and O'Connor Weber LLC filed the brief for appellant.
Ellen F. Rosenblum, Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman, Solicitor General, and Rebecca M. Auten, Assistant Attorney General, filed the brief for respondent.
Before Lagesen, Presiding Judge, and James, Judge, and Kamins, Judge.
PER CURIAM In this post-conviction case, petitioner appeals a judgment denying relief. The post-conviction court reentered that judgment after holding a hearing on petitioner's motion under Church v. Gladden , 244 Or. 308, 417 P.2d 993 (1966) ; on joint motion of the parties, we previously had vacated and remanded for the court to reconsider its ruling on petitioner's Church motion in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Bogle v. State of Oregon , 363 Or. 455, 423 P.3d 715 (2018). Following that hearing, the court denied petitioner's motion and, as noted, reentered its judgment denying relief.
On appeal, petitioner assigns error to the denial of his Church motion. He argues, in particular, that the court erred, under our decision in Lopez v. Nooth , 287 Or. App. 731, 403 P.3d 484 (2017), in not appointing him a different lawyer than the one he had on remand. That contention is not preserved and, in all events, having reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments, we see no error in the post-conviction court's ruling. Petitioner also assigns error to the denial of relief on his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. But petitioner did not challenge that ruling in his first appeal, and, ordinarily, a person must challenge a contested ruling in the first possible appeal. See State v. Herfurth , 307 Or. App. 534, 536, 478 P.3d 601 (2020) (stating principle). Although there are exceptions to that rule, see id. at 536-38, 478 P.3d 601, petitioner has not attempted to demonstrate that his claim falls within an exception.
Affirmed.