Legal Opinion
Martin v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
Decided October 12, 1999No. 1999-CP-00353-COAPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
749 So.2d 375 (1999)
Charles MARTIN, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
No. 1999-CP-00353-COA.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
October 12, 1999.
Appellant pro se.
Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, for Appellee.
BEFORE SOUTHWICK, P.J., LEE, AND PAYNE, JJ.
LEE, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. On May 24, 1996, Martin entered a plea of guilty to manslaughter of his girlfriend, and he was sentenced to serve twenty years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Subsequently, Martin filed a pro se motion to vacate judgment and sentence. The circuit court entered an order denying the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Read v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1983
- Brooks v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
- Carney v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1988
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