FAIR, J., for the Court:
¶ 1. On April 1, 1983, Thomas Scott pled guilty to murder under Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-19(1)(c) (Rev.2006). He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Thirty years later, on June 12, 2013, Scott filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR), alleging that he received an illegal sentence due to a defective indictment and ineffective assistance of counsel. The Jones...
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