Smith v. State

ISHEE, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On February 11, 1997, Larry Smith pleaded guilty to two charges of sexual battery of two minors under the age of fourteen. He was sentenced to serve a term of thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. After the Scott County Circuit Court denied and dismissed Smith’s motion for post-conviction relief, Smith filed this appeal.

FACTS

¶ 2. Larry Smith pleaded guilty on February 11, 1997, to two counts of sexual battery for engaging in the sexual penetration of two male children, a four-year-old and a five-year-old. He was sentenced to…