Jones v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Brett Jones seeks post-conviction relief from his murder conviction and life sentence. On appeal, he alleges numerous *728errors, primarily concerning his trial counsel’s effectiveness. Because Jones has failed to make the required two-part showing of (1) deficiency and (2) prejudice under Strickland on any of the issues raised, we affirm.

FACTS

I. BACKGROUND1

¶ 2. At the times pertinent to this case, Jones lived with his grandparents in Shannon, Mississippi. On August 9, 2004, Jones’s grandfather, Bertis Jones, discovered Jones’s girlfriend, Michelle Austin, in…