Morris v. the State (two Cases)

Summary

The court affirmed Mims Morris’s convictions for murder and robbery, holding that the evidence was sufficient to show that he participated as a party to both crimes. It also affirmed Michael Morris’s convictions, concluding that accomplice testimony was adequately corroborated, that admission of a codefendant’s statement did not violate the Confrontation Clause, and that any instructional error did not affect the trial’s outcome. The court further rejected Michael’s ineffective-assistance claims because an objection to the statement would have been meritless and the challenged trial strategy was objectively reasonable.