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DUCKSWORTH v. STATE

No. 2011-CP-01671-COA.

103 So.3d 762 (2012)

Michael DUCKSWORTH, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

December 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Ducksworth, appellant, pro se.

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

Before IRVING, P.J., CARLTON and MAXWELL, JJ.

MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Michael Ducksworth's motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) claiming an "illegal-sentence" is really a challenge to his parole-eligibility date. The Forrest County Circuit Court found Ducksworth's motion was untimely based on the PCR statute's three-year time-bar. We too find Ducksworth's motion was filed too late — not because of the PCR statute's three-year time limit but because the issue of his parole eligibility is...

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