Williams v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
CARLTON, J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Dillon Williams appeals the Marshall County Circuit Court’s dismissal of his second motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) as being successive-writ barred. Williams raises the following issues: (1) whether his video confession and guilty pleas were coerced and involuntary; (2) whether his attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel; (3) whether there was a lack of evidence against him; and (4) whether his sentence was illegal. Williams filed his first PCR petition in August 2012, and he filed his second and successive petition in January 2013. Finding…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Alexander v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Brooks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Vielee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
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