Decay v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant was convicted of two counts of capital murder and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentence on appeal. Appellant subsequently filed a Rule 37.5 petition for postconviction relief, asserting that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in several respects. The circuit court denied and dismissed Appellant’s petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant failed to show that his counsel’s performance was deficient under the two-prong standard set forth in Strickland v. Washington, and therefore, the circuit court did not err in denying Appellant’s petition.
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