Dobbs v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 872 So. 2d 711 - Williams v. State · 582 So. 2d 428 - Luckett v. State · 907 So. 2d 397 - Trotter v. State · 749 So. 2d 269 - Retherford v. State · 942 So. 2d 231 - Carbin v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[ A]ny order dismissing the petitioner’s motion or otherwise denying relief under this article is a final judgment and shall be conclusive until reversed. It shall be a bar to a second or successive motion under this article. Excepted from this prohibition is a motion ... raising the issue of the convict’s supervening mental illness before the execution of a sentence of death.... Likewise excepted from this prohibition are those cases in which the petitioner can demonstrate either that there has been an intervening decision of the Supreme Court of either the State of Mississippi or the United States which would have actually adversely affected the outcome of his conviction or sentence or that he has evidence, not reasonably discoverable at the time of trial, which is of such nature that it would be practically conclusive that, if it had been introduced at trial, it would have caused a different result in the conviction or sentence. Likewise excepted are those cases in which the petitioner claims that his sentence has expired or his probation, parole[,] or conditional release has been unlawfully revoked. Likewise excepted are those cases in which a petitioner has filed a prior petition and has requested DNA testing under this article, provided the petitioner asserts new or different grounds for relief related to DNA testing not previously presented or the availability of more advanced DNA technology.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Essentially, [a movant] is granted one bite at the apple when requesting post-conviction relief.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[C]laims that there has been an intervening decision from the Supreme Court of Mississippi or the United States Supreme Court which would have adversely affected the outcome of [a convicted defendant’s] sentence or that [a convicted defendant] has evidence, not reasonably discoverable at the time of trial, that would have caused a different result in the conviction or sentence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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