Charles Ray Crawford v. State of Mississippi

¶ 87. I am at a loss. Today’s majority opinion, in which I concur in part and in result, holds that the doctrine of res judi-cata bars Crawford’s claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel and his claim of ineffective assistance of post-conviction relief counsel. (Maj. Op. at ¶¶ 27, 33, 35, 62). The Supreme Court of Mississippi repeatedly and firmly has held that procedural bars in general, and res judicata specifically, do not apply to post-conviction claims of violations of fundamental rights. Our treatment of the time-honored procedural protections of the finality of judgments in…