Ellis Willie Dawkins v. State of Mississippi
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
NO. 2007-CP-02176-COA
ELLIS WILLIE DAWKINS
APPELLANT
v.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
DATE OF JUDGMENT:
TRIAL JUDGE:
COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED:
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT:
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE:
NATURE OF THE CASE:
TRIAL COURT DISPOSITION:
DISPOSITION:
MOTION FOR REHEARING FILED:
MANDATE ISSUED:
APPELLEE
10/02/2007
HON. ANDREW K. HOWORTH
MARSHALL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
ELLIS WILLIE DAWKINS (PRO SE)
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
BY: LADONNA C. HOLLAND
CIVIL - POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
MOTION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF
DISMISSED AS SUCCESSIVE WRIT
AFFIRMED - 09/16/2008
BEFORE LEE, P.J., ROBERTS AND CARLTON, JJ.
LEE, P.J., FOR THE COURT:
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
¶1.
Ellis Willie Dawkins pleaded guilty to the capital rape of his ten-year-old daughter. The trial
court sentenced Dawkins to twenty years with ten years suspended, ten years to serve in the custody
of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and five years of post-release supervision. Dawkins
subsequently filed a motion for post-conviction relief. The motion was denied by the trial court, and
Dawkins appealed to this Court. We found no merit to the appeal and affirmed the judgment of the
trial court. See Dawkins v. State, 919 So. 2d 92, 99 (¶23) (Miss. Ct. App. 2005).
¶2.
Dawkins filed another motion for post-conviction relief, which the trial court dismissed as
a successive writ. Dawkins now appeals asserting various issues, many of which were discussed
in this Court’s original opinion.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
¶3.
A trial court’s dismissal of a motion for post-conviction relief will not be reversed absent a
finding that the trial court’s decision was clearly erroneous. Williams v. State, 872 So. 2d 711, 712
(¶2) (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). However, when issues of law are raised, the proper standard of review
is de novo. Brown v. State, 731 So. 2d 595, 598 (¶6) (Miss. 1999).
DISCUSSION
¶4.
Under Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-39-23(6) (Rev. 2007), all successive petitions
are barred if the prisoner has filed a previous post-conviction-relief motion. Dawkins’s first motion
for post-conviction relief was filed on October 2, 2003, and found by this Court to be without merit.
Dawkins’s second motion for post-conviction relief was filed on June 15, 2007, and thus was a
successive writ. Furthermore, Dawkins has failed to point to an exception listed in section 99-3923(6) to overcome the successive-writ bar. This issue is without merit.
¶5.
THE JUDGMENT OF THE MARSHALL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT DISMISSING
THE MOTION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF IS AFFIRMED. ALL COSTS OF THIS
APPEAL ARE ASSESSED TO MARSHALL COUNTY.
KING, C.J., MYERS, P.J., IRVING, CHANDLER, GRIFFIS, BARNES, ISHEE,
ROBERTS AND CARLTON, JJ., CONCUR.
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