Taylor v. State

OPINION

VAIDIK, Judge.

Case Summary

After this Court reversed Kevin Taylor’s co-defendant Kelly Scott Thomas’s conviction for felony murder, Taylor, whose direct appeal of his own conviction for felony murder had not been successful, petitioned for post-conviction relief. At the hearing on his petition, Taylor’s post-conviction counsel presented only a copy of Thomas’s Court of Appeals decision, declining to present other evidence or the testimony of any witnesses. The post-conviction court denied Taylor’s petition, and he now appeals. On appeal, he argues that the trial court committed…