Mitchum v. State of Mississippi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION JEFFREY MITCHUM PETITIONER V. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:18-CV-572-DPJ-RHW PELICIA HALL REPONDENT ORDER This petition for writ of habeas corpus is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation [13] of Magistrate Judge Robert H. Walker. Judge Walker recommended dismissal of Jeffrey Mitchum’s petition as time barred, and Mitchum filed an Objection. For the reasons explained, the Report and Recommendation is adopted as the opinion of this Court. A jury convicted Mitchum of gratification of lust and sexual battery of his…