Legal Opinion

Ross v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided July 30, 2013No. 2012-CP-00922-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Willie Ross appeals the Lowndes County Circuit Court’s dismissal of his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR).1 Ross argues that the trial court erred by: (1) allowing the State to amend the indictment against him after he had entered a plea agreement with the State and during his plea hearing; (2) failing to hold a separate bifurcated trial after he entered his guilty plea prior to sentencing him as a habitual offender; and (3) failing to ad*1121dress both of the issues presented in his PCR motion and to acknowledge the intervening decisions presented.2 Finding…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Rowland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2004
  3. White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  4. Keyes v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Gowdy v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Bobby Eugene Epps v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
  2. Earnie White v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016

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