Gary Dewayne Allen v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. A George County jury convicted Gary Dewayne Allen of sexual battery and sentenced him to serve twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Allen appealed his conviction and sentence in 2006. This Court affirmed his conviction and sentence in Allen v. State , 960 So.2d 489 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). Allen filed his first motion for postconviction relief (PCR) in 2013 and his second in 2014. Both were dismissed. This appeal addresses Allen's third PCR motion, filed in 2016. As set forth in this opinion, we affirm the trial…