Legal Opinion

Buck v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided June 11, 2002No. 2001-CA-00345-COAPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRIDGES, J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. This case comes on appeal from denial on the merits of a motion for post-conviction relief. Rheuvonia R. Buck, a minor at the time of her offense, asked to be certified to circuit court from youth court, and then pled guilty in circuit court on one charge of sale of cocaine. The court sentenced her to ten years in prison with five years suspended, with no fine. Buck filed a PCR motion that the court denied on its merits.

STATEMENT OF ISSUES

I. DID THE COURT ERR IN FINDING THAT BUCK RECEIVED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL BEFORE THE YOUTH COURT?

II. DID THE COURT…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brown v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Moody v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1994
  4. Interest of WatkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1975

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Buck v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Rheuvonia Buck v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2001

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