McGruder v. State

886 So.2d 1 (2004)

Anthony McGRUDER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

Nos. 2001-CT-01542-SCT, 2003-TS-00689.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 11, 2003.

Belinda J. Stevens, Jackson, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jeffrey A. Klingfuss, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.

WALLER, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. We granted Anthony McGruder's petition for writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals which dismissed McGruder's direct appeal of his criminal conviction as untimely filed. McGruder v. State, 835 So.2d 104 (Miss.Ct.App.2003), cert. granted, 847 So.2d 866…