COTTEN v. STATE

No. 2001-CA-00438-COA.

817 So.2d 639 (2002)

Cynthia Barlow COTTEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

May 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. McIntyre, Jackson, for appellant.

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

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


BRANTLEY, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. The Circuit Court of Copiah County dismissed Cynthia Barlow Cotten's petition for post-conviction relief finding that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the petition. Aggrieved, Cotten appeals, arguing that the court had jurisdiction to hear the petition for post-conviction relief. In the petition, Cotten argued that the statute under which she was sentenced was unconstitutional. Although we find that the trial court erred...

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