Sims v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAfter a second trial, Defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree battery, and aggravated assault. The court of appeals affirmed the convictions and sentences. Defendant subsequently filed a timely petition for postconviction relief claiming that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel because counsel had failed to request various jury instructions and because counsel was ineffective with respect to his handling of evidentiary issues. The circuit court denied the petition without a hearing. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not err in rejecting Defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and in denying Defendant’s petition without a hearing.
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