Alison Nicole Williams v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Alison Williams appeals the DeSoto County Circuit Court's denial of her motion for postconviction relief (PCR). In her PCR motion, Williams alleged that she was mentally ill and incompetent during the plea hearing and sentencing, and, as a result, her guilty plea was not voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently made. The trial court denied Williams's PCR motion as a successive writ under Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-39-23(6) (Rev. 2015).

¶ 2. Williams now appeals, claiming that the discovery of new evidence and an intervening decision by the…