Sales v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant was convicted of capital murder and aggravated robbery. Appellant was sentenced to death and life imprisonment, respectively. The Supreme Court affirmed on appeal. Appellant then filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.5, alleging that his trial counsel were ineffective during the sentencing phase of his capital-murder trial and during opening statements. The circuit court denied relief. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court correctly concluded that Appellant was not entitled to relief because he could not demonstrate that he was prejudiced as required by the second prong of Strickland v. Washington at either phase of his trial.
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