Hinton v. State

Warren, Justice.

**605Patrick Hinton was found guilty of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the May 2013 shooting death of Henry Omar Reeves. On appeal, Hinton contends that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to renew a request for a voluntary manslaughter jury instruction, and that the trial court erred by failing to merge two of his sentences. Finding no error, we affirm.1

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, the evidence presented at Hinton's trial showed that on May 18, 2013, Hinton needed money and initially planned to rob…