Earnest Sykes v. State of Mississippi

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Earnest Sykes, appearing pro se, appeals the Clay County Circuit Court’s dismissal of his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). Finding no error, we affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In April 1993, Sykes pleaded guilty in the Clay County Circuit Court to the sale of crack cocaine. At the plea hearing, Sykes admitted to three prior convictions in Clay County for burglary when he was nineteen years old. Certified copies of the indictments and sentencing orders were entered into evidence to prove Sykes was a habitual offender. In exchange…