Salter v. State

GRIFFIS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. William Salter filed his second petition for post-conviction collateral relief in the Circuit Court of George County. The circuit court dismissed the petition, finding it was procedurally barred as a successive writ under Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-39-23(6) (Supp.2009). We find no error and affirm.

FACTS

¶2. On April 16, 2001, Salter pleaded guilty to four counts of kidnaping, two counts of armed robbery, and one count of burglary. He received six thirty-year sentences — one for each count of kidnaping and armed robbery — to run concurrently, and a…