Alfonzo Williams v. State of Tennessee - Dissenting

In the present case, the majority concludes that the trial court’s answer to the jury’s question regarding the self-defense jury instruction fairly instructed the jury and did not mislead them as to the applicable law, and therefore “the Petitioner has failed to show that he was prejudiced by the performance of counsel in his lack of objection during the trial and failure to preserve the issue on appeal.”  For the reasons stated below, I must respectfully dissent from this conclusion.