Barnes v. State (Revised Opinion and)
Annotate this CaseIn 1988, Defendant pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. Defendant was sentenced to death and to terms of imprisonment for related charges. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentence. Defendant subsequently filed a motion to vacate his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death, alleging that his standby counsel or the trial court sua sponte should have ordered a competency hearing before allowing him to plead guilty and that he may be insane at the time of execution. The circuit court denied the motion without an evidentiary hearing. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not err in summarily denying Defendant's motion for postconviction relief from his conviction and sentence for first-degree murder.
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