RATCLIFF v. STATE

No. 2012-CP-01911-COA.

126 So.3d 118 (2013)

Demetric RATCLIFF a/k/a Demetric Tarell Ratcliff, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

November 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Demetric Ratcliff, appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Billy L. Gore , attorney for appellee.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., BARNES, MAXWELL and JAMES, JJ.


MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Demetric Ratcliff waited nearly a decade before seeking post-conviction relief (PCR) from his 2003 guilty plea to selling cocaine. In 2012, he claimed for the first time that his indictment was defective and that a conflict of interest existed because the presiding judge, while previously serving as an assistant district attorney, had signed Ratcliff's indictment. After review, we find Ratcliff's failure to timely raise these...

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