Nelson v. State

|,A Pulaski County jury convicted Stanley Nelson of first-degree battery and second-degree murder and sentenced him to thirty-five years’ imprisonment for second-degree murder and eleven years’ imprisonment for first-degree battery. Nelson appeals his conviction and argues that the circuit court erred when it (1) rejected his ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim; (2) failed to correct the jury instructions; and (8) admitted into evidence the prosecutor’s report of his.prior conviction at the sentencing stage. We affirm.

On October 7, 2013, the State charged Nelson with first-degree murder…