Hicks v. State

KING, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. On December 16, 2008, Robert E. Hicks filed a pro se motion to vacate and set aside his conviction of burglary of a dwelling house and sentence of twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). The Tate County Circuit Court dismissed Hicks’s motion without benefit of a hearing. Aggrieved, Hicks appeals. On appeal, Hicks argues the following issues: (1) the trial court did not have jurisdiction to hear his case; (2) he received ineffective assistance from counsel; (3) the State failed to disclose Brady material which resulted in…