Drews v. the State.

Summary

The court affirmed Drews's convictions and sentences arising from the stabbing death of James David Ayers and the aggravated battery of Troyce Warren. It held that the evidence was sufficient, that Drews failed to establish prejudice from counsel's alleged investigative deficiency, and that the excluded evidence concerning Warren's later homicidal ideation was irrelevant. The court also concluded that the trial court's use of merger terminology for the additional murder counts was harmless because it did not affect the sentence imposed.