McDowell v. State

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Gabriel McDowell continues his effort to obtain post-conviction collateral relief (PCCR). He was convicted of the sale of cocaine and was sentenced as a habitual offender to thirty years’ imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and sentence. McDowell v. State, 807 So.2d 413, 426 (¶ 40) (Miss.2001).

¶ 2. Thereafter, McDowell filed a PCCR motion, and the supreme court granted a limited evidentiary hearing. McDowell v. State, 917 So.2d 801, 802 (¶ 1) (Miss.Ct.App.2005). The circuit court then…