Swain v. State

11 After a jury trial, Heather Swain was convicted as an accomplice to capital murder and kidnapping. She received sentences of life without parole for murder and twenty-five years for kidnapping. She now contends that she received ineffective assistance of counsel when her defense counsel allowed one of her accomplices to testify in her defense without first interviewing him. She also contends that her life sentence was cruel and unusual and penalized her right to trial. The circuit court rejected both claims. We affirm the circuit court’s judgment on the ineffective assistance of counsel…