Tyler v. State

PIERCE, Justice,

for the court.

¶ 1. This appeal comes to the Court from the Circuit Court of DeSoto County’s denial of Robert Lee Tyler, Jr.’s request for post-conviction relief (PCR). On December 5, 2007, this Court granted Tyler’s request for leave, permitting him to file his PCR motion in the circuit court, and directed the circuit court to conduct an evi-dentiary hearing on two issues raised in Tyler’s petition. Those issues were: Whether the trial court erred in Tyler’s criminal trial in the manner it instructed the jury to continue deliberations, and whether Tyler’s counsel was…