Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided January 15, 2008No. 2007-CP-00768-COAPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

986 So.2d 1031 (2008)

Lewis JENKINS, Appellant

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2007-CP-00768-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 15, 2008.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 2008.

Lewis Jenkins, Appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore, for Appellee.

Before LEE, P.J., CHANDLER, GRIFFIS and BARNES, JJ.

GRIFFIS, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Lewis Jenkins appeals the denial of his motion for post-conviction collateral relief. As error, Jenkins asserts that: (1) the trial court did not grant him an evidentiary hearing before it dismissed his petition for post-conviction relief, (2)…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. McFee v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Alexander v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
  5. McQuarter v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Wilkerson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  3. Daniel Keith Singleton v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016
  4. Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  5. Curtis Davis, Jr. v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015

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