Legal Opinion
Avery v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided August 14, 2012No. 2011-CP-01078-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. William Antonio Avery pleaded guilty to selling cocaine within 1500 feet of a church and was sentenced to thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with twenty-nine years and three hundred fifty-nine days suspended and five years of reporting post-release supervision, to be followed by five years of non-reporting post-release supervision. Avery violated the conditions of his post-release supervision, and his post-release supervision was revoked. He was returned to MDOC custody to serve the remainder of his sentence. Avery…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hannah v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
- Presley v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
- Mitchell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
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3Cited by4 opinions
- William Antonio Avery v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
- Sims v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2012
- Chandler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
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