Sykes v. State

¶ 1. On April 3, 1993, Earnest Sykes pled guilty to the sale of cocaine and was sentenced as an habitual offender to a thirty year sentence in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

¶ 2. In Sykes v. State, 757 So.2d 997 (Miss. 2000), the Mississippi Supreme Court on motion for rehearing held that Sykes motion for post-conviction relief was not time-barred and remanded the case to the Clay County Circuit Court for a decision on the merits of Sykes' motion for post-conviction collateral relief (PCR). The circuit court denied Sykes' motion and he again appealed the denial of…