Williams v. State

Summary

The court affirmed Williams's convictions for felony murder and related offenses. It held that counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a habitation-defense instruction because the evidence did not clearly support the defense and existing law did not establish that a person may invoke habitation defense to protect another's vehicle. The court also rejected two unpreserved jury-instruction challenges, finding no plain error because the good-character instruction was adequate and the erroneous reference to criminal damage to property did not likely affect the verdict.