Deparvine v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of armed carjacking. The trial court sentenced Appellant to death. The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s convictions and sentences on appeal. Appellant subsequently filed a motion for postconviction relief, raising twenty-eight claims. After an evidentiary hearing on several of those claims, the circuit court denied relief. Appellant appealed, raising twenty-one claims, and also filed a habeas petition raising two claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. The Supreme Court (1) affirmed the postconviction court’s order denying relief on all postconviction claims, holding that Appellant failed to establish that any errors occurred which, either individually or cumulatively, would entitle him to a new trial; and (2) denied relief on both claims Appellant raised in his petition for writ of habeas corpus, as both claims were procedurally barred.
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