Strickland v. State

In what is now the appeal of his fifth post-conviction relief (“PCR”) motion, Mr. Kevin B. Strickland (“Strickland”) appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County (“motion court”) denying the 2015 version of Strickland’s PCR motion. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

In April 1979, Strickland was convicted of one count of capital murder and two counts of second-degree murder. Strickland was sentenced to life imprisonment without eligibility for probation or parole for fifty years on the capital murder count, to be served concurrently with terms of ten years on each…