COCKRELL v. STATE

No. 2000-CP-00523-COA.

811 So.2d 305 (2001)

Marcus COCKRELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus Cockrell, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, Attorney for Appellee.

Before McMILLIN, C.J., LEE, and PAYNE, JJ.


McMILLIN, C.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Marcus Cockrell pled guilty to the crime of drive-by shooting in 1997. Within three years of the entry of that plea, he filed a motion for post-conviction relief with the trial court in which he alleged that he did not have effective representation of counsel during the guilty plea proceedings in that (a) his attorney did not inform him of the mandatory nature of the sentence he was to receive under a plea agreement, (b) his...

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