Rucker v. State

Sears, Justice.

The appellant, Danny Rucker, was convicted of the felony murder and armed robbery of Lou Ellen Rowland and of the aggravated assault of Renee Maxwell. After his conviction, Rucker obtained new appellate counsel, Kenneth Dious, who filed a motion for new trial, contending, among other things, that trial counsel had rendered ineffective assistance of counsel. After the trial court denied the motion for new trial, Rucker obtained new counsel, M. V. Booker, and appealed to this Court. In 1997, we affirmed the judgment in part and remanded in part. In affirming in part, we held that…