Walker v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Demario Walker submitted three pro se filings in the Circuit Court of Marion County, which were labeled “Motion for Post-Conviction Collateral Relief,” “Petition for an Order to Show Cause,” and “Petition to Clarify Sentence.” The circuit court treated the latter two filings as requests for post-conviction relief (PCR), and dismissed them under Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-39-23(6) (Supp.2009) as proeedurally-barred successive writs. On appeal, Walker argues the circuit court erred in treating these filings as PCR motions.

¶ 2. The circuit court also…