Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided July 16, 2013No. 2012-CP-00098-COAPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Noble Ray Bell appeals the dismissal of his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). He raises a variety of claims, but primarily challenges the revocation of his supervised probation based on his failure to register as a sex offender. Upon review, we find Bell freely and voluntarily admitted in open court that he had not registered as a sex offender. Thus, neither this, nor any of Bell’s other appellate arguments merit relief. We affirm.

Background

¶2. On September 23, 2009, Bell pled guilty to one count of sexual battery. He was sentenced to fifteen years in…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Rowland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  5. McQuarter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  4. Melissa Webster v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2014
  5. James Howard Gray v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2018

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