SCALES v. STATE

No. 2009-CA-01911-COA.

102 So.3d 318 (2012)

Dennis SCALES a/k/a Dennis K. Scales, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

November 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie A. Jourdan , attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by La Donna C. Holland , attorney for appellee.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., BARNES and ISHEE, JJ.


ISHEE, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. In March 2004, Dennis Scales pleaded guilty in the Noxubee County Circuit Court to armed robbery. The next day, the circuit court sentenced Scales to serve eighteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Thereafter, Scales filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR), which was denied by the circuit court. Aggrieved, Scales appeals. Since Scales failed to file his PCR motion within the prescribed...

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