Timothy Rice v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After‘a Jones County jury convicted Timothy Rice for the crime of selling cocaine, Rice appealed to this Court, which affirmed Rice’s conviction and' sentence. Rice v. State, 172 So.3d 768, 769-71 (¶¶6,13) (Miss.Ct.App.2013). Rice then sought leave from the Mississippi Supreme Court to proceed with a motion for postconviction collateral relief (PCR) on the following issues: (1) whether he was subjected' to double' jeopardy; (2) whether he lacked notice of the State’s intent to charge him as a recidivist; and (3) whether the circuit court violated his right to be…