Joseph L. Johnson v. State of Mississippi

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Joseph Johnson pled guilty to gratification of lust in 2009. He attempted to appeal his guilty plea, but his appeal was dismissed as untimely. He then filed a motion for post-conviction relief, which was denied in 2010. In 2012, Johnson sought to file a late appeal’from the denial of-his PCR motion, which was' ultimately denied, and that denial wás affirmed by this Court on appeal. Johnson v. State, 137 So.3d 336 (Miss.Ct.App.2014).

¶ 2. In March 2014, while Johnson’s appeal from the denial of his motion to fííe a late appeal of his PCR motion was pending, Johnson…