Anthony Carr v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The Mississippi Supreme Court granted the State’s motion to dismiss Carr’s successive post‑conviction petition, holding that both his ineffective‑assistance claim and his Eighth Amendment claim are barred by the state’s time and successive‑writ limitations and that no statutory exception applies. The Court noted that Mississippi law provides no right to additional Atkins‑type counsel after the first appeal. The decision was unanimous among the majority, with one justice dissenting.