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AUSTIN v. STATE

No. 2002-CP-01740-COA.

863 So.2d 59 (2003)

Jim H. AUSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim H. Austin, Appellant, pro se.

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

Before SOUTHWICK, P.J., MYERS and CHANDLER, JJ.

MYERS, J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Jim H. Austin entered a guilty plea to a single count of rape in the Lee County Circuit Court on May 22, 1997. In March of 2002, Austin sought post-conviction relief on the grounds that his guilty plea was not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily made, he was denied effective assistance of counsel, the plea agreement was breached by the State, and the indictment was defective. The circuit court dismissed the petition finding...

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