Rickey Sturkey v. State of Mississippi

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Rickey Sturkey appeals the Scott County Circuit Court’s decision to summarily deny his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). According to Sturkey, the circuit court erred because it did not conduct an evidentiary hearing on his PCR motion after the Mississippi Supreme Court granted Sturkey leave to proceed with his ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. Following an introduction by a confidential informant, Sturkey sold four “eight balls of crack cocaine” to an agent with the Mississippi Bureau of…