questions of law and fact.” While making clear that ineffectiveness questions are “mixed,” this announcement in no way clarifies the appropriate standard of review. Indeed, other state courts have been struggling with this very question and reaching different results. See, e.g., Coleman v. State, 741 N.E.2d 697, 699-700 (Ind.2000) (supporting a deferential standard of review: “We will reverse a negative judgment after a non-jury trial only if ‘the evidence as a whole leads unerringly and unmistakably to a decision opposite that reached by the postconviction court.’ ”); State v. Gill, 967 S.W.2d 540, 542 (Tex.App.1998) (noting that court reviews Strickland standards “through the prism of an abuse of discretion standard”); but see State v. Rice, 261 Kan. 567, 932 P.2d 981, 1005 (1997) (<HOLDING>). When reviewing mixed questions of fact and
recognizing de novo standard of review holding that the appellate standard of review of ineffectiveness claim is de novo holding that under nebraska statute appellate review is de novo holding that review of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration is under the de novo standard recognizing abuse of discretion rather than de novo standard of review