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Henry v. State

The defendant failed to prove his several ineffective assistance of trial counsel claims after he was convicted of murder and other crimes.

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Brandon Henry was tried by a Lowndes County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes, all in connection with the fatal shooting of John Golden. Henry appeals, contending that the evidence is legally insufficient to sustain his convictions and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. Upon our review of the record and briefs, we see no error, and we affirm.1

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that Cassandra Reynolds purchased an AK-47 for Henry’s use and kept it in a closet in her home. On the evening of August 9, 2010, Henry attended a party, where he broke up one of several fights involving Nemiah Robinson. Golden, who was Robinson’s stepfather, also intervened before returning home. Meanwhile, Henry went to Reynolds’s house, entered it by kicking in a window, grabbed Reynolds, pushed her into the closet, and “tore everything down in the closet” until he found the gun. After Henry left Reynolds’s home, Tressie Anthony saw him on the street yelling, cursing, saying that he had a loaded AK-47, and asking “where was the guy who had his shirt off outside talking trash.” Anthony then saw Henry step onto Golden’s front porch and repeatedly fire the AK-47, striking Golden 15 times and killing him. Shortly afterwards, Henry told a lifelong friend that he had shot someone, and he threw unspent bullets and cartridges of the same caliber used in the shooting over a fence behind his girlfriend’s house.

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