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CULPEPPER v. STATE

No. 2012-CA-01995-COA.

148 So.3d 386 (2014)

Sherrill CULPEPPER, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 2014.

Certiorari Denied October 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mose Lee Sudduth Jr. , attorney for appellant.

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

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

MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Sherrill Culpepper argues the trial judge wrongly denied her post-conviction challenge to her guilty plea for abusing a vulnerable adult. She suggests that based on her lawyer's alleged failure to relay to her an earlier more favorable plea offer, the judge should have found her attorney's representation was constitutionally ineffective. Culpepper is correct that as a general rule, criminal defense attorneys must communicate formal...

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