Dennis Jerome Beal v. State of Mississippi

FAIR, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Dennis Beal was convicted of the sale of 0.10 gram worth of cocaine for thirty dollars and sentenced to serve sixty years as a habitual offender without eligibility for parole. The trial court also imposed a $2,000,000 fine. This Court affirmed Beal's conviction on direct appeal. Beal v. State , 134 So.3d 383 , 387 (¶ 21) (Miss. Ct. App. 2014).

¶ 2. After the filing of Beal's direct appeal, however, the supreme court reversed the bribery conviction supporting Beal's habitual-offender enhancement. Beal v. State , 86 So.3d 887 , 889-90 (¶¶ 1-8) (Miss. 2012)…