Legal Opinion

Shies v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided March 17, 2009No. 2007-CP-01187-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. After pleading guilty to two counts of credit card fraud and one count of possession of cocaine, Rickie Shies was sentenced as a habitual offender to serve a total of twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Shies filed an unsuccessful motion for post-conviction relief in January 2007. Aggrieved by the circuit court’s denial of his motion for post-conviction relief, Shies now appeals. Finding no error, we affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

FACTS

¶ 2. Shies pled guilty to two counts of credit card fraud and one count of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Cole v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Leatherwood v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Foster v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996

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