Gates v. State

904 So.2d 216 (2005)

Timothy K. GATES, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2004-CP-01004-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

June 14, 2005.

Timothy Keith Gates, appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, attorney for appellee.

Before BRIDGES, P.J., CHANDLER and ISHEE, JJ.

BRIDGES, P.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. On November 6, 2003, after being sentenced as an habitual offender to a term of life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Timothy K. Gates filed a petition for post-conviction collateral relief in the Circuit Court of Union County…