Clanton v. State

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Clanton’s postconviction-relief motion, holding that counsel’s failure to request lesser-included-offense instructions for strangulation and second-degree kidnapping did not prejudice the defense. The evidence overwhelmingly supported the charged offenses, leaving no reasonable probability that the jury would have acquitted Clanton of the greater offenses and convicted him of the proposed lesser offenses. No separate opinions were filed.