Jeffery Kleckner v. State of Mississippi

FAIR, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶1. Jeffrey Kleckner was convicted on September 18, 2009, on one count of touching a child for lustful purposes and three counts of sexual battery. The Union County Circuit Court sentenced him to fifteen years on the fondling charge and life on the three counts of sexual battery. His conviction was affirmed in Kleckner v. State, 109 So.3d 1072, 1095-96 (¶65) (Miss. Ct. App. 2012). This Court denied rehearing, and the Mississippi Supreme Court later denied certiorari.

¶2. On September 17, 2014, the supreme court granted Kleckner’s leave to- file for post-conviction relief…