Vincent Young v. State of Mississippi

WILSON, J., CONCURRING IN PART AND DISSENTING IN PART:

¶ 20. The majority denies Young's claim on three grounds: (A) by virtue of his voluntary, negotiated plea agreement, Young waived his present challenge to the legality of his life sentence, ante at (¶¶ 6-8); (B) the Ex Post Facto Clauses of the State and Federal Constitutions apply to legislative acts, not judicial decisions, id. at (¶ 16); and (C) Young waived any due process challenge to the retroactive application of Bester v. State , 188 So.3d 526 (Miss. 2016), because he failed to brief that issue on appeal, id. at (¶¶ 17-18).

¶ 21. I…