Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided June 24, 2003No. 2002-CP-00393-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MYERS, J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. Rudolph Johnson entered a guilty plea to armed robbery and aggravated assault on January 25, 1999. The trial court conducted a guilty plea hearing the same day. The trial judge accepted the guilty plea. On January 28, 2002, Johnson filed a petition for post-conviction relief. The trial court denied the petition and Johnson appeals asserting:

1. HIS ISSUES SHOULD NOT BE TIME BARRED;

2. THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN DENYING HIM AN EVIDENTIA-RY HEARING IN HIS POST-CONVICTION RELIEF REQUEST;

*9088. HIS PLEA WAS NOT VOLUNTARILY NOR KNOWINGLY MADE;

4. HE RECEIVED INEFFECTIVE…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. McQuarter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Hiter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Walker v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  5. Templeton v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1998

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