Smith v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Following his June 3, 2009 guilty plea to one count of kidnapping, one count of armed carjacking, and one count of felony fleeing, Donald Keith Smith sought relief under the Uniform Posb-Conviction Collateral Relief Act (UPCCRA). Smith’s first motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) was summarily dismissed by the Jackson County Circuit Court. Smith appealed this decision and, three weeks later, filed another PCR motion. The circuit court summarily dismissed Smith’s subsequent PCR motion as a successive writ. Smith also appealed this decision of the circuit…