Brown v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Appellant Christopher Eugene Brown was convicted by a jury of two counts of malice murder and various related offenses in connection with the asphyxiation death of Irene Arp, and the bludgeoning death of her daughter, Linda Buchanan. On appeal, Brown challenges certain jury instructions and asserts that he was improperly denied a hearing on his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgments of conviction, but we remand for resentencing.

On the afternoon prior to the crimes, Buchanan drove her 1988 burgundy Chevrolet…