Grayer v. State

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On the Court’s own motion, the pri- or opinions in this case are withdrawn and these opinions are substituted therefor.

¶ 2. Melvin Grayer was convicted of burglary and sentenced as a habitual offender to seven years without the possibility of parole or probation. Grayer appeals, claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to request a circumstantial-evidence jury instruction and that he was sentenced as a habitual offender without competent evidence of his prior felony convictions. We affirm Grayer’s conviction…