Legal Opinion
Watts v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided April 29, 2008No. 2007-CP-00291-COAPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
981 So.2d 1034 (2008)
Jamar WATTS, Appellant
v.
STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
No. 2007-CP-00291-COA.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
April 29, 2008.
Jamar Watts, Appellant, pro se.
Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, attorney for appellee.
Before KING, C.J., IRVING and CHANDLER, JJ.
CHANDLER, J., for the Court.
¶ 1. Jamar Watts pleaded guilty to murder in the Circuit Court of Copiah County. Subsequently, Watts filed a pro se motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). The circuit court denied the PCR without an evidentiary hearing. Watts appeals, arguing: (1) that he was entitled to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
- Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
- Alexander v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
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