Chancellor v. State

¶ 1. William Chancellor, pro se, appeals an order of the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi denying his petition for post-conviction relief. Aggrieved, Chancellor perfected this appeal, raising the following issues as error:

I. THE LOWER COURT COMMITTED MANIFEST ERROR IN DISMISSING CHANCELLOR'S MOTION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF.

FACTS

¶ 2. On February 1, 1990, Chancellor pled guilty to receiving stolen goods and was sentenced to a term of five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections with four years suspended and a term of one year to serve concurrently with a…