Legal Opinion
Gray v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided October 7, 2008No. 2006-CP-01139-COAPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. In this post-conviction relief appeal, we are asked to determine whether a change in the law regarding which offenders are eligible for trusty-earned time constitutes a prohibited ex post facto application of the law as to Van Gray. The trial court found that it did not and dismissed Gray’s motion for post-conviction relief. Finding error, we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand this ease with instructions that Gray be provided an evi-dentiary hearing regarding his motion.
SUMMARY OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. On October 24, 2001, Gray sold…
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