Gabriel McDowell v. State of Mississippi

Serial: 158550 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI No. 2008-KA-01139-SCT GABRIEL McDOWELL a/k/a GARY McDOWELL v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ORDER ¶1. This matter is before the Court en banc on the issue of the Hancock County Circuit Court’s imposition of a life sentence upon Gabriel McDowell as a habitual offender pursuant to Mississippi Code Section 99-19-83 (Rev. 2007). The lengthy procedural history of this case may be gleaned from a reading of McDowell v. State,

807 So. 2d 413

(Miss. 2001); McDowell v. State,

917 So. 2d 801

(Miss. Ct. App. 2005); and McDowell v. Mississippi,

552 F. Supp. 2d 602

(S.D.…