Jordan v. State

MICHAEL K. RANDOLPH, PRESIDING JUSTICE FOR THE COURT

Now before the en banc Court is Montrell Jordan's Application for Leave to File Second Motion for Post-Conviction Relief. The State of Mississippi's response is also before us.

Jordan filed this, his second, application outside the three-year statute of limitations. He claims trial and appellate counsel were ineffective for three reasons.

First, Jordan says trial counsel's undisclosed romantic relationship with the State's chief investigator and key trial witness created an actual conflict of interest. Jordan raised this argument in his first…