Mitchell v. State

Bell, Justice.

Mitchell was convicted of the malice murder and felony murder of Jerry Butler and the aggravated assault of Tina Daniel. He was also convicted of burglary, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On appeal Mitchell contends that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel when the state called as a witness against him a person who was also represented by Mitchell’s lawyer; that Mitchell was denied his right to cross-examine that witness because of his attorney’s conflict of interest stemming from his representation of the witness; and that the court erred in…