LAWSON v. STATE

No. 1998-CP-01941-SCT.

748 So.2d 96 (1999)

James Bernard LAWSON v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bernard Lawson, Appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris, Jr., Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE PITTMAN, P.J., McRAE AND SMITH, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. James Bernard Lawson appeals to this Court and challenges the validity of an order of the Hinds County Circuit Court denying Lawson's motion for post-conviction relief. We hold that the trial court lacked jurisdiction of Lawson's case under the successive writ bar of Miss.Code Ann. § 99-39-27-(9)(Supp.1999). Alternatively, on the merits, after consideration of these issues, we find Lawson's claims lacking of any merit...

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