Jones v. State

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

JAMES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Eric Jones pled guilty to murder and armed robbery in 1987. The Pike County Circuit Court sentenced' him to twenty years for armed robbery and life for murder in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Jones filed a motion for postconviction relief (PCR) in 1997. The trial court denied Jones’s motion, finding that Jones’s claims were time-barred. In Jones v. State, 738 So.2d 271, 274 (¶ 9) (Miss.Ct.App.1999), we affirmed the trial court’s decision.

¶ 2. In 2002, Jones filed a second motion to vacate and/or set aside his…