Kennedy v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Elroy Kennedy was indicted on July 22, 2009, by a Choctaw County grand jury for statutory rape of a child under fourteen years of age. Kennedy pleaded guilty to the crime and was sentenced to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

¶ 2. On April 26, 2012, Kennedy filed a petition for post-conviction relief in the Choctaw County Circuit Court, which was subsequently denied. This appeal followed.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

¶ 3. When reviewing a trial court’s denial of a petition for post-conviction relief, we…