BROWN v. STATE (2018)

¶ 1. In 1999, Eric Brown pled guilty to killing his girlfriend and their unborn child. This is his fifth motion for post-conviction relief. Brown contends that under Sanders v. State, 9 So.3d 1132, 1136 (¶ 16) (Miss. 2009), he should not have been allowed to plead guilty without an on-the-record competency hearing. He has raised this issue before, and we found Brown's claims time- and successive-writ barred because Sanders does not apply retroactively. Brown v. State, 198 So.3d 325, 325 (¶ 1) (Miss. Ct. App. 2015). For the same reasons as before, we affirm the dismissal of this latest PCR motion.

¶ 2. AFFIRMED.

FAIR, J., FOR THE COURT:

LEE, C.J., IRVING AND GRIFFIS, P.JJ., BARNES, CARLTON, WILSON, GREENLEE, WESTBROOKS AND TINDELL, JJ., CONCUR.