Willie Earl Riley v. State of Mississippi

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Willie Earl Riley appeals the Holmes County Circuit Court’s judgment dismissing his sixth motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). Riley claims that the circuit court erred by finding that his most recent PCR motion is untimely and barred as a successive writ. Riley also claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel, and the circuit court erred when it accepted his guilty plea to murder. Finding that Riley’s sixth PCR motion is barred by the doctrine of res judicata, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2. During 1999, Riley was charged with…