Smith v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Donald E. Smith appeals the dismissal of his fifth motion for post-conviction relief. He argues the circuit court erroneously found his PCR motion was both time-barred and successive-writ barred. Finding no applicable statutory or fundamental-rights exceptions to these procedural bars, we affirm.

*182Facts and Procedural History

¶2. On July 11, 1973, Smith pleaded guilty to murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping in the Forrest County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to life for murder, forty-five years for armed robbery, and forty-five years for kidnapping, with the…