Jerami Williams v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J„

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. An Adams. County jury convicted Jerami Williams of burglary of a dwelling, and the Adams County Circuit Court sentenced Jerami as a habitual offender to serve twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). See Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-81 (Rev. 2015). Jerami now appeals his conviction and sentence and asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective, thus violating his constitutional right to a fair trial. We decline to address the. merits of Jerami’s ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim on direct appeal in this case, and we…