Jackson v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

WALLER, Chief Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The motion for rehearing filed by the State is granted. The previous opinion is withdrawn, and this opinion is substituted therefor.

¶ 2. Since his 1979 conviction for capital murder, Robert H. Jackson has filed multiple, unsuccessful motions and applications for post-conviction relief (PCR). The trial court dismissed Jackson’s most recent motion, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted Jackson’s pro se petition for writ of certiorari. We conclude that the trial court erroneously dismissed Jackson’s PCR…