Opinion ID: 1649620
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 19

Heading: Failure to demand police records.

Text: ¶ 24. Brown continues to claim that Coleman Jones was promised something in exchange for his testimony. He now asserts that counsel was ineffective for not obtaining records which would have demonstrated an improper relationship between Jones and the police. Brown does not articulate what documents or type of records should have been secured or just how these records would have illustrated that Jones's testimony was coached or coerced. Brown fails to make a showing that trial counsel's omission was professional error as required by Strickland. If the post-conviction application fails on either of the Strickland prongs, the inquiry is closed. Davis v. State, 743 So.2d at 334; Neal v. State, 525 So.2d 1279, 1281 (Miss.1987). The issue is without merit.