Daniel Paul Copple v. State of Mississippi

IRVING, P. J„

for the Court:

¶ 1. After his unsuccessful direct criminal appeal of three convictions, Daniel Paul Copple filed a complaint for discovery in the Lowndes County Chancery Court. He sought to obtain a court reporter’s backup audio recordings of his criminal trial in the hope that they might be useful in a collateral attack of his convictions. Construing Copple’s complaint as a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR), the chancery court dismissed it for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. We affirm the chancery court’s judgment.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In December 2011,…