Brock v. State

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Eddie Brock’s motion for post-conviction relief was dismissed by the Bolivar *734County Circuit Court for failure to obtain permission from the Mississippi Supreme Court to seek relief. See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-7 (Supp.2011). It is from this dismissal that Brock now appeals. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In 1994, Brock was found guilty of five counts of uttering a forgery. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to forty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Brock filed a direct appeal, and…