Hill v. State

KING, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Billy Dale Hill pled guilty to one count of murder and one count of forcible rape on October 24, 1977, and received two consecutive life sentences for his crimes. After being denied post-conviction relief by the Calhoun County Circuit Court on August 9, 1999, Hill appealed to this Court. Hill v. State, 797 So.2d 1006 (Miss.Ct.App.2001). We held that Hill’s post-conviction relief claim of improper sentencing was time barred, as well as being barred as a successive petition. Id. at 1007(¶ 1). We find that Hill’s post-conviction relief claims are procedurally…