Shellito v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court affirmed on direct appeal. Defendant subsequently filed a motion for postconviction relief, which the postconviction court denied. Defendant appealed and petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus. The Supreme Court (1) affirmed the postconviction court's denial of relief as to Defendant's guilt phase claims; (2) reversed the court's denial of relief as to Defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel at the penalty phase, as Defendant established that he was prejudiced by his counsel's deficient performance during the penalty phase; and (3) denied Defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus. Accordingly, the Court vacated the sentence of death and remanded for a new penalty phase proceeding.
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