Boyd v. State

COBB, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. On June 13, 2000, Christopher Conway Boyd filed a motion for post-conviction relief in the DeSoto County Circuit Court. The circuit court denied the motion, holding that it was barred by the statute of limitations, by the doctrine of res judicata and by the prohibition against successive writs. Boyd appeals, raising the following issue (edited):

WHETHER THE LOWER COURT ERRED IN RULING THAT BOYD’S PCR MOTION WAS PROCEDURALLY BARRED IN SPITE OF CLAIMS OF NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE AND INTERVENING DECISIONS BY THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT.

FACTS

¶2. On January 20, 1987,…