James Harris v. State of Mississippi

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. James Harris was convicted of house burglary on May 23, 2003, and sentenced to twenty-five years as a habitual offender in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He filed a direct appeal of his conviction, which this Court affirmed on February 22, 2005. Harris’s petition for rehearing and petition for a writ of certiorari were subsequently denied.

¶ 2. Harris then filed an application for leave to proceed in the circuit court, but the Mississippi Supreme Court denied his request on September 22, 2010. Three years later, Harris filed a motion for…