DAVIS v. STATE

No. 2010-CA-01770-SCT.

87 So.3d 465 (2012)

Jeffrey Keller DAVIS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel by Glenn S. Swartzfager , Louwlynn Vanzetta Williams , Amy Strickland , attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Marvin L. White, Jr. , attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


DICKINSON, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. In 1992, Jeffrey Davis was convicted of murder and sentenced to death.1 After we affirmed his conviction and sentence on direct appeal, he filed a petition for post-conviction relief, claiming, among other things, that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at the sentencing phase of his trial. Based on the evidence produced by Davis's new counsel-that was available to, but...

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