Evans v. State


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Docket Number: 2010-CP-01496-COA

Court of Appeals: Opinion Link
Opinion Date: 11-22-2011
Opinion Author: Lee, C.J.
Holding: Affirmed

Additional Case Information: Topic: Post-conviction relief - Successive writ - Section 99-39-23(6)
Judge(s) Concurring: Irving and Griffis, P.JJ., Barnes, Ishee, Roberts, Carlton, Maxwell and Russell, JJ.
Non Participating Judge(s): Myers, J.
Procedural History: PCR
Nature of the Case: PCR

Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 08-12-2010
Appealed from: Forrest County Circuit Court
Judge: Robert Helfrich
Disposition: MOTION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF DISMISSED
Case Number: CI09-0168

  Party Name: Attorney Name:  
Appellant: Ollie Lee Evans a/k/a Ollie Lee Evans Jr.




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Appellee: State of Mississippi OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: DEIRDRE MCCRORY  

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Topic: Post-conviction relief - Successive writ - Section 99-39-23(6)

Summary of the Facts: Ollie Evans Jr. pled guilty for failure to re-register as a sex offender. Evans was sentenced as a habitual offender to serve five years. At some point thereafter, Evans filed a motion for post-conviction relief. The motion was dismissed. Evans filed another PCR motion which was also dismissed. Evans appeals.

Summary of Opinion Analysis: Under section 99-39-23(6), all successive motions are barred if the prisoner has previously filed a PCR motion. Evans’s second PCR motion was a successive motion.


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