Legal Opinion
Timothy Robert Ronk v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided January 17, 2019No. 2015-DR-01373-SCTPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, CHIEF JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
¶1. Timothy Ronk was convicted of capital murder and armed robbery. Ronk v. State , 172 So.3d 1112 , 1121 (Miss. 2015). He was sentenced to death and thirty years in prison, respectively. Id. We affirmed his convictions and sentences. Id.
¶2. Ronk now moves for leave to seek post-conviction relief in the trial court, raising five claims: (1) trial counsel was ineffective; (2) his sentence was disproportionate; (3) Mississippi's death-penalty statute is unconstitutional; (4) cumulative error requires reversal; and (5) trial counsel failed to preserve the…
2Cases cited114 opinions
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