Legal Opinion
Nicholas Desmond Mays v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided March 7, 2017No. 2015-CA-01833-COAPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIR, J„
FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Nicholas Desmond Mays pled guilty to sale of a controlled substance in Rankin County in 2012. 1 As a subsequent drug offender, he was sentenced to serve sixty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with 'fifty years to serve and five years’ post-release supervision.
¶ 2. Mays filed his first petition for post-conviction relief (PCR) in February 2013, claiming his counsel was ineffective. His PCR motion was dismissed. After unsuccessful appeals to this Court and the Mississippi Supreme Court, Mays filed his second PCR motion in September…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Stringer v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1984
- Rowland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
- Richard Chapman v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
- Stovall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2004
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