McDowell v. State

ORDER

GEORGE C. CARLSON, JR., Presiding Justice.

¶ 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.Miss.2008). After the federal district court’s decision to remand this case to state court for…