Archie Quinn v. State of Mississippi

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:. ¶ 1. A jury convicted Archie Quinn of capital murder,, and the trial judge sentenced him to life in prison, without the *1229possibility of parole. Quinn appeals to this Court, arguing (1) that the jury was incompletely instructed on the elements of the crime, and (2) that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm Quinn’s conviction and sentence, but we- dismiss Quinn's ineffective-assistanee-of-counsel claim without prejudice so that, he may raise it in a post-conviction proceeding, should he so choose.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In the early…