Sheffield v. State

Ivory Sheffield, previously convicted and sentenced as a habitual offender for the crime of robbery with a firearm, filed a motion for post-conviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm the trial court’s ruling on the motion and write only to address one matter raised by Sheffield.

In a direct appeal of his conviction, Sheffield argued that the prosecutor was improperly allowed to cross-examine as to the specific details of Sheffield’s prior felony offenses. This court rejected that argument, finding that “appellant failed to preserve the error through a…