Joiner v. State

MYERS, P. J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Albert Joiner, Jr., pleaded guilty in the Lafayette County Circuit Court to the crimes of strong armed robbery and felony fleeing. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to fifteen years and four years, respectively, with the sentences to run consecutively, without the eligibility for probation or parole. Joiner thereafter filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) in the circuit court, in which he claimed that he was improperly charged and sentenced under Mississippi’s habitual-offender statute, and that he was not afforded constitutionally effective…