Bell v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
CARLTON, J.,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Charles Sylvester Bell appeals the Forrest County Circuit Court’s order summarily dismissing his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) as time-barred pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-39-5(2) (Supp.2011). On appeal, Bell argues that the trial court erred by: (1) denying his PCR motion as time-barred under section 99-39-5(2); (2) denying his PCR motion in light of an illegal sentence; (3) denying his PCR motion in light of a fundamental constitutional right when it re-indicted him on the same armed-robbery charge, and whether this violated the…
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