Jimmy Shinn v. State of Mississippi

WILSON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury in the Lowndes County Circuit Court convicted Jimmy Shinn of motor vehicle theft, Miss.Code Ann. § 97-17-42 (Supp.2013), and the trial judge sentenced him to ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with three years suspended and three years of post-release supervision. Shinn subsequently filed a motion for a new trial, which was denied. He now appeals, alleging that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his lawyer did not (1) request a jury instruction on petit larceny, (2) object to certain hearsay testimony,…