Davis v. State

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

Detroit Davis, Jr., was convicted of first- and second-degree murder after he fatally shot Richard Allan and Pablo Morocho during the course of a robbery. Davis testified at his trial. He admitted shooting both victims but asserted that he acted in self-defense and without intent to kill. This court affirmed Davis’s convictions on direct appeal. Davis filed a petition for postconviction relief, alleging that he was denied effective assistance of trial and appellate counsel. The postconviction court denied Davis’s petition without an eviden-tiary hearing, and he now…