Harris v. State

Chief Justice TOAL:

Petitioner asks this court to review the post-conviction relief (“PCR”) judge’s grant of Respondent’s PCR application on the grounds that Respondent’s trial counsel failed to object to the trial judge’s refusal to charge voluntary manslaughter.

Factual/Procedural Background

On August 3, 1979, Harold Medlin (“Harold”) drove over to Dorothy Roberts’ (“Dorothy”) home to pick up a refrigerator. Harold’s ex-wife, Linda Jean Medlin (“Linda Jean”), was also at Dorothy’s house. Harold pulled his pick-up truck underneath a carport where the refrigerator was located, and Linda Jean…