IRVING, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. Mark Dwayne Sumrell was convicted by a jury of felony shoplifting and sentenced by the Washington County Circuit Court to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections as a habitual offender. Sumrell now appeals his conviction, asserting that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to pursue disqualification of the district attorney's office, for allowing a jury instruction, and for not sufficiently contesting...
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