Pickle v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 42 So. 3d 503 - Rowland v. State · 872 So. 2d 711 - Williams v. State · 345 So. 2d 623 - Pickle v. State · Bell v. State · 942 So. 2d 243 - Pickle v. State
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“In 1975, a Holmes County grand jury indicted Pickle for the capital murder of [Mary Elizabeth] Harthcock. The indictment charged that[,] on November 26, 1974, Pickle raped Harthcock and then killed her. A jury subsequently convicted Pickle and sentenced him to death. The Mississippi Supreme Court reversed Pickle’s conviction in 1977 and remanded the case for a new trial. Pickle v. State, 345 So.2d 623, 624 (Miss. 1977). His second trial was held in the Leflore County Circuit Court in 1978, where he was convicted again and' sentenced to life in the custody of the MDOC. The record reflects that Pickle failed to perfect a direct appeal from that conviction. At some point between March or April 1978 and December 1981, Pickle petitioned the circuit court for permission to file an out-of-time appeal from his conviction, which the circuit court denied. On review, the Mississippi Supreme Court ordered an evidentiary hearing on the issue of whether Pickle had knowingly and intelligently waived his right to appeal. After the evidentiary hearing, the circuit court determined that Pickle had properly waived his right to appeal and, thus, again denied Pickle’s request for an out-of-time appeal. The supreme court affirmed the denial in March 1982. Pickle v. State, 791 So.2d 204, 205 (¶ 4) (Miss. 2001). In September 1997, Pickle filed a PCR motion again seeking an out-of-time appeal from his 1978 conviction’ and sentence. The circuit court denied the motion, explaining that it had already d”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“circuit court may dismiss a PCR motion without an evidentiary hearing where it plainly appears from the face of the motion, any annexed exhibits and the prior proceedings in the case that the movant is not entitled to any relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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