Epps v. State

McMILLIN, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Clifton J. Epps, a prisoner in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, has appealed from an order of the Circuit Court of Madison County denying his motion for post-conviction relief. In his motion, Epps asserted a violation of his right to due process when the trial court allowed a substantive amendment to the indictment returned by the grand jury. Apparently anticipating a response that this was an issue to be handled at trial and on direct appeal rather than by way of post-conviction relief, Epps alternatively alleges that he received…