Phillips v. State

Kelvin Phillips Jr., serving a sentence for premeditated murder and other crimes, appeals the summary denial of his motion for habeas corpus relief. He raises several issues of prosecutorial error, ineffective assistance of both trial and appellate counsel, and several trial errors. Our review of the record leads us to affirm the district court's summary denial of his motion. Phillips has not shown he is entitled to a hearing or relief from his convictions.

Phillips' case history can be found in the Supreme Court opinion.

Phillips and others were charged with the 2007 murder of James Earl Dyer.…