Arvin D. Rochell v. State of Mississippi

LAMAR, JUSTICE,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Arvin Rochell, pro se, appeals the Calhoun County Circuit Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In 1992, Arvin Rochell was indicted for two counts of capital murder for killing Hazel and Nell McMahan, and for one count of arson. Rochell v. State, 748 So.2d 103, 105 (Miss. 1999). In 1994, Rochell pleaded guilty to one reduced count of murder and to arson. Id. at 105-06. The trial judge sentenced him to life for the murder and to twenty years for the arson, to run concurrently. Id. at 106,

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