Davis v. State
Annotate this CaseAppellant Michael Davis was convicted of first-degree murder and kidnapping and was sentenced to life plus 480 months' imprisonment. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, alleging that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to proffer at trial a jury instruction on the lesser-included offense of manslaughter and thus failing to adequately preserve for appeal Appellant's claim that he was entitled to an instruction on manslaughter. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not clearly err in denying Appellant's petition as Appellant failed to demonstrate any merit to the argument that he was entitled to an instruction on manslaughter.
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