Pruitt v. State

On Direct Appeal From The Denial of Post-Conviction Relief

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Tommy Ray Pruitt was sentenced to death for the murder of a Morgan County police officer. His conviction and sentence were upheld on direct appeal. We now affirm the post-conviction court's findings that Pruitt was not denied the effective assistance of trial or appellate counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment, that he did not present it with newly discovered evidence that undermined confidence in his death sentence, and that his death sentence is not unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in…