Carly Madison Gregg a/k/a Carley Madison Gregg v. State of Mississippi

Summary

The court affirmed Gregg's convictions for first-degree murder, attempted murder, and tampering with physical evidence, along with her concurrent sentences. It held that the life-imprisonment sentences were authorized and did not constitute juvenile life without parole, that the sentencing court adequately considered the required youth-related mitigating factors, and that several guilt- and sentencing-phase errors either were unpreserved, harmless, or nonprejudicial. The court acknowledged that the trial court should not use blanket no-continuance policies and should not order a sanity evaluation before a formal insanity notice, but found no reversible prejudice. Justice Wilson concurred in the result without a separate opinion.