Evans v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. On September 5, 2007, Ollie Lee Evans Jr. pleaded guilty in the Forrest County Circuit Court for failure to re-register as a sex offender. Evans was sentenced as a habitual offender to serve five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections without eligibility for parole or probation. At some point thereafter, Evans filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). The record is unclear as to when this PCR motion was filed. It also seems the record does not contain a copy of this PCR motion. There are several…