Winfred Forkner v. State of Mississippi

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

KITCHENS, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. This Court has granted Winfred Forkner’s petition for certiorari for the purpose of correcting the erroneous disposition of his appeal by the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Years after his direct appeal was affirmed by the Court of Appeals, Forkner filed a motion for post-conviction relief in the Circuit Court of Wilkinson County. The circuit court denied the motion as untimely. Forkner appealed, and the Court of Appeals found that the circuit court was without authority to adjudicate the appeal because Forkner had not obtained the…