Leslie Galloway, III a/k/a Leslie Galloway a/k/a Leslie "Bo" Galloway, III v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court denied Galloway’s amended petition for post-conviction relief from his capital-murder conviction and death sentence. It held that his ineffective-assistance claims concerning mitigation, jury selection, and the forensic testimony were procedurally barred where they had been or could have been raised previously, and that the claims also failed under the two-prong ineffective-assistance standard. The court concluded that counsel’s mitigation and trial decisions were reasonable strategic choices and that Galloway failed to demonstrate prejudice.