Smith v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. On August 4, 1999, Willie Rudolph Smith pleaded guilty in the Harrison County Circuit Court to transfer of a controlled substance. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On October 25,1999, he filed an initial petition for post-conviction relief (PCR). The circuit court neglected to rule on his initial petition, and Smith failed to secure a final judgment on this PCR petition. Smith filed a second PCR petition on December 17, 2007, more than eight years later. His second PCR petition…