Michelle Carter, the Plainville woman sentenced to jail in a landmark texting-suicide case, will be released on Jan. 23, according to the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office.

Jonathan Darling, a spokesman for the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed the release date to MassLive. He added that there were no issues with Carter while she was at the Bristol County Jail.

“We’ve had no problems with her at all,” Darling said. “She attended programs, is getting along with other inmates and is polite to our staff.”

Carter had no discipline issues.

The news of Carter’s release comes as the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not take up the appeal on her case. The high court issued a denial Monday of her request to review a lower court’s ruling.

The decision by the U.S. Supreme Court means her conviction will stand.

Carter was charged after her on-and-off again boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, took his own life in July 2014.

Roy was found dead in a Fairhaven Kmart parking lot on July 13, 2014 after he turned on a gas-powered water pump and allowed the cabin of his truck to fill with carbon monoxide.

Authorities said they discovered thousands of exchanges between Carter and Roy. In calls and text messages for months leading up to his death, Carter urged Roy to kill himself. On the night of his death, Carter was on the phone with Roy as he was in his truck inhaling carbon monoxide. When he said he was getting out, she ordered him to get back in.

The judge in the case ruled Roy likely would not have gotten back in the truck and killed himself except for Carter telling him to do so and failing to notify authorities.

Carter was charged with involuntary manslaughter and the case went to trial in the summer of 2017. She was convicted of the charge and sentenced to serve 15 months in jail. Carter began serving in February 2019 after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected her appeal.

Carter had also gone before the Massachusetts Parole Board in September and requested early release, but she was denied.

Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn III released a statement Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court denied Carter’s request for a review.

“I am very pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Michelle Carter’s petition for further review of her conviction. This, once again, justifies the decision to charge the defendant with manslaughter based on existing Massachusetts law, which is well-established,” he said. “The validity of charging her has been vindicated by numerous judges at every step of the criminal justice process---including twice by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which voted unanimously to uphold the conviction. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today brings closure to the family of Conrad Roy for his tragic death. I hope that the finality of this decision brings some solace to them. I am very pleased that the legal chapter of this tragic case is finally closed.”

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