the
       handcuffs, to her neck from the choking which temporarily damaged her voice, and
       cuts to the corners of her mouth from the gag. The record reflects that Ms. Johnson
       missed several months of work in order to physically and mentally recuperate from
       the effects of this incident.

                The defense presented one witness, Charles Tate, an eighteen year old who
        was housed at Wider [sic] at the time of the offense. Tate testified that he and the
     affixed to concrete.
See id. at *2-3.

        At the post-conviction hearing, the Petitioner testified that he had been imprisoned since
December 28, 1998 for the offense of aggravated kidnapping and that he was seventeen years old
when he became incarcerated. The Petitioner claimed that his attorney spoke with him only once
before trial and failed to inform him of the penalties for the charges against him. He stated that his
attorney also failed to discuss with him his right to call witnesses on his behalf.

        The Defendant claimed that he told his trial attorney that he attempted to escape the Wilder
Youth Development Center primarily because he feared injury or death at the hands of Wilder
employees. He claimed that while