Legal Opinion

Anthony Ruffin v. State of Mississippi

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided October 6, 2015No. 2014-CP-01672-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

WILSON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Anthony Ruffin appeals the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) by the Lauderdale County Circuit Court. Ruffin’s claims are all time-barred, successive-writ-barred, and frivolous. Therefore, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2. In November 2006, a Lauderdale County grand jury indicted Ruffin for one count of sexual battery against B.H. and one count of forcible rape against A.P. 1 Count II of the indictment, the'forcible rape charge, gave a clear and concise statement of the charge of forcible rape but cited the incorrect Code subsection…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Rowland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  3. Means v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Patrick Fluker v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  5. Evans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2005

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