McVeay v. State

McMILLIN, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Walter L. McVeay’s earlier appeal from a ruling denying his claim to post-conviction relief due to ineffective assistance of counsel, decided by this Court in McVeay v. State, 754 So.2d 486 (Miss.Ct.App.1999), resulted in the matter being remanded for an evidentiary hearing on one issue. That issue was whether *580McVeay’s trial counsel’s alleged failure to advise McVeay that he had, at least on the face of the record, a potential constitutional denial of speedy trial claim before McVeay entered a guilty plea to the pending charge constituted ineffective…