Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided August 14, 2012No. 2011-CP-00645-COAPublishedCited by 17 opinions

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…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Rowland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  3. Charles Sylvester Bell v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  4. Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2004
  5. White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  2. Bobby Joe Pinkney v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015
  3. Anthony Green v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2017
  4. Bell v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2013
  5. Cummings v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013

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