Quinton Carter v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Quinton Carter pled guilty to sexual battery of a child under the age of fourteen years old in the DeSoto County Circuit Court. The trial court sentenced Carter to serve a term of thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with twenty years to serve followed by ten years of postrelease supervision. On June 26, 2015, Carter filed a motion seeking postconviction relief (PCR). The trial court dismissed Carter’s PCR motion after finding it time-barred and without merit.

¶ 2. Carter now appeals the trial court’s denial of his PCR…