Sampson v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On May 12, 2003, Charles L. Sampson, represented by counsel, pled guilty to one count of sexual battery. Feeling aggrieved by the sentence he received, he filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) in the Bolivar County Circuit Court on July 22, 2011, claiming that he was serving an illegal sentence. The circuit court dismissed Sampson’s PCR motion on August 8, 2011, and Sampson executed the current appeal.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In December 2002, Sampson raped his nine-year-old cousin on at least one occasion after picking her up from school. The…