Jones v. State

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Victor D. Jones filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR), which was dismissed by the Pike County Circuit Court as time-barred and successive-writ barred. The court found also that it did not have jurisdiction to consider the claims.

¶ 2. On appeal, Jones argues the trial court erred in (1) dismissing the PCR motion when he alleged that his sentence was illegal; (2) dismissing the PCR motion because he failed to object during the plea hearing that he had not been properly examined by a psychiatrist as to his mental health, thereby denying him a fair plea…