Brooks v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a retrial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. The trial court sentenced Defendant to death for both murders. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentences on direct appeal. Defendant subsequently filed a seven-claim motion to vacate judgment of conditions and sentences and later amended his motion to add two additional claims. After an evidentiary hearing on some of the claims, the postconviction court denied all of Defendant’s claims. The Supreme Court affirmed the denial of postconviction relief and also denied Defendant’s petition for habeas corpus relief, holding (1) the postconviction court properly denied Defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; (2) the postconviction court did not err in denying Defendant’s claim of newly discovered evidence; (3) Defendant waived his Brady claim; and (4) Defendant’s appellate counsel did not perform ineffectively.
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