Purnell v. State

JAMES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Hinds County grand jury indicted Robert Purnell on one count of forcible rape. Purnell pled guilty to one count of sexual battery and was sentenced to thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi *951Department of Corrections (MDOC), with fifteen years suspended and five years of supervised probation. Over four years later, Purnell filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). The circuit court summarily dismissed Purnell’s PCR motion, and it is from this dismissal that Purnell now appeals. We find no error and affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. On June 8,…