Legal Opinion
Brian Williams v. State of Mississippi
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided January 24, 2017No. 2015-CP-01911-COAPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEE, C.J.,
FOR THE COURT:
¶ 1. Brian Williams appeals the summary dismissal of his fourth motion for postconviction relief (PCR). Finding that Williams’s motion is both successive-writ barred and time-barred, and not excepted from the procedural bars, we affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶ 2. Williams was indicted by a Sunflower County grand jury for various offenses arising from the commission of a robbery, Williams pled guilty to one count of armed robbery and one' count of aggravated assault. For each count, he was sentenced to eighteen years, with five years suspended and thirteen years to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rowland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
- Gregory A. Thinnes v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
- Christopher Conway Boyd v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
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