Townes v. State

RUSSELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Marquis Townes appeals the DeSoto County Circuit Court’s order dismissing his motion for post conviction relief (PCR). Townes raises three issues for review, which we restate for clarity: (1) whether his conviction and sentence should be overturned based on new evidence of self-defense; (2) whether he received ineffective assistance of counsel; and (3) whether Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-7 (Supp.2011) is unconstitutional. Finding *814no error, we affirm the circuit court’s dismissal of Townes’s PCR motion.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Townes pled…