David Nichols v. State of Mississippi

FAIR, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. In 2004, David Nichols pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and was sentenced to serve two life sentences in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Three years later, he filed his first motion for post-conviction relief (PCR), which was denied. He appealed, and the denial was affirmed in Nichols v. State , 994 So.2d 236 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008). In 2011, he filed a second unsuccessful PCR motion. Nichols v. State , 120 So.3d 433 (Miss. Ct. App. 2013).

¶ 2. Nichols filed a third PCR motion in 2016, which was denied and is now the subject of this…