Cobb v. State

SEARS, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Larry Cobb, appeals from his conviction for the murder of Grady Jones.* 1 On appeal, Cobb contends, among other things, that the trial court erred in ruling against his claim that he *389received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. For the reasons that follow, we agree that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to object to improper hearsay testimony, requiring that we reverse Cobb’s convictions.

1. At trial, Terrie Boyd testified that she had a romantic relationship with both Cobb and Jones. Boyd testified that she was a crack addict at…