Edmond v. State

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Albert Edmond appeals the Hinds County Circuit Court’s denial of his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). Edmond argues that an intervening decision exempts his PCR motion from the time and successive-writ bars and that the circuit court unlawfully revoked his parole.

¶ 2. Finding that the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to consider Edmond’s PCR motion, we vacate the circuit court’s judgment and dismiss this appeal.

FACTS

¶ 3. On March 7, 1974, a Hinds County jury found Edmond guilty of forcible rape. The circuit court sentenced Edmond to life imprisonment.…