COLEMAN v. STATE

No. 56049.

483 So.2d 680 (1986)

Gene COLEMAN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry H. Powell, Gilbert & Powell, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Jack B. Lacy, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

The question presented by this appeal is whether the petitioner is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a habeas corpus petition. The petitioner alleges that his guilty plea was involuntary due to ineffective assistance of counsel and that he is subject to the application of an ex post facto law.

Gene Coleman, the appellant, pleaded guilty in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, in...

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