Legal Opinion
Timothy Carr v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 23, 2015No. 2013-CT-01013-SCTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
LAMAR, Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. In his motion for post-conviction relief, Timothy Lee Carr argues that an intervening decision entitles him to relief from the habitual-offender portion of his sentence. Finding that Gowdy1 does not apply retroactively to Carr’s case, we affirm the judgments of the Court of Appeals and the trial court.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶2. Timothy Carr was indicted and tried for capital murder, and on May 25, 2005, a jury convicted him of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter. Following his conviction, the trial court allowed the State to…
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