Mitchell v. State

MYERS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Derrick Mitchell pleaded guilty in the Lafayette County Circuit Court to the crime of selling cocaine, as a habitual offender, and he was sentenced to ten years without eligibility for probation or parole. Mitchell thereafter filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) in the circuit court, in which he claimed that: his indictment was fatally defective for not including the judgment dates of his prior convictions, and he had received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel as a result. The circuit court summarily dismissed the PCR motion, and this…