McKenzie v. State

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Larry McKenzie filed a motion for post-conviction relief in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. The circuit court dismissed McKenzie’s motion, finding that he had previously filed two motions for post-conviction relief that had been denied; therefore, his present motion was procedurally barred as a successive writ. McKenzie timely appealed from the circuit court’s dismissal of his motion. He argues that the offense he committed did not occur in Lauderdale County; therefore, the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to accept his guilty plea. Finding no error, we…