Blount v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This court recently affirmed Charlie Blount’s direct appeal of his motor-vehicle-theft conviction and his life sentence as a habitual offender. While that appeal was pending, Blount filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) in the Hinds County Circuit Court. His PCR motion challenged his various previous convictions and sentences but primarily attacked the court’s imposition of an enhanced sentence for his 1996 cocaine-possession conviction. The circuit judge summarily dismissed his PCR motion as time-barred. After reviewing the record and finding no…