Smith v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Cedric Smith appeals the Pearl River County Circuit Court’s dismissal of his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). *279He argues: (1) he did not voluntarily waive his right to indictment by a grand jury; (2) his Alford plea1 was involuntary and not supported by a sufficient factual basis; and (3) his trial attorney was constitutionally ineffective. Finding Smith’s allegations wholly unsupported by the record, we affirm.

FACTS

¶2. Smith was the baseball coach for Poplarville High School. In 2006, he began text messaging one of the school’s students, A.H., a fourteen…