Jones v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

RANDOLPH, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Court of Appeals did not address the State’s claim that jurisdiction was lacking for Jones’s petition, as he had not filed an Application for Permission to Proceed as required by Mississippi Code Section 99-39-7 (Rev.2007). See Jones v. State, 64 So.3d 495, 498-99 (Miss.Ct.App.2010). We find that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear Jones’s petition and consequently that the Court of Appeals erred in addressing the merits vel non of the case. Thus, we vacate the judgments of the Court of Appeals and the trial court.

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