Moreno v. State

LAMAR, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On March 16, 2009, Arturo Aquirre Moreno filed with this Court a motion to proceed in the trial court with his third petition for post-conviction relief. This Court granted Moreno leave to proceed solely on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel, and the trial court held a hearing only on that issue. However, we conclude that this Court improperly exercised authority to consider Moreno’s motion and thus should not have remanded for an evidentiary hearing. Jackson v. State, 67 So.3d 725, 730-31 (Miss.2011). The trial court was the proper forum to…