Smith v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
MAXWELL, J,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Larry Smith seeks post-conviction relief (PCR) from his guilty plea to armed *245robbery. He insists he did not waive indictment for the armed-robbery charge, and that his attorney was constitutionally deficient for allowing him to plead guilty to an unsubstantiated crime. But after review, we find Smith fails in his burden of presenting a sufficient record to support either of these claimed errors. Thus, we affirm the denial of his PCR motion.
Facts and Procedural History
¶2. On March 8, 2011, a grand jury returned an indictment against Smith for the murder of Jeffrey…
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