Legal Opinion

Vanwey v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided May 20, 2014No. 2013-CP-00818-COAPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Alisha Vanwey appeals from the judgment of the DeSoto County Circuit Court dismissing her motion for post-conviction collateral relief (PCR). She argues that the court erred in denying her PCR motion because the State failed to introduce testimony from the witness who certified the documents that were used to prove her prior convictions for establishing habitual-offender status.

¶ 2. Finding no error, we affirm,

FACTS

¶ 3. In March 2007, a DeSoto County grand jury indicted Vanwey, as a habitual offender, on four counts of the sale of *369hydrocodone within 1,500 feet…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Bullcoming v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  2. Frazier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005
  3. Grim v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2012
  4. Holloway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2010
  5. McLaurin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Small v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
  2. Burrell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Abel J. Dedeaux v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  4. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018
  5. Earnest Sykes v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014

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