Michael Williams, Jr. v. State of Indiana

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

Michael Williams, Jr., appeals his convictions for Class B felony burglary, Class B felony conspiracy to commit burglary, and Class C felony carrying a handgun without a license. During his jury trial, a deluge of Williams’ prior criminal acts were ad mitted into evidence without objection and used by the State to argue Williams’ propensity to commit the crimes for which he was charged. Because of this, we find that Williams’ trial counsel’s performance was deficient. We also find that Williams was prejudiced by his counsel’s deficient performance, so we…