AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-39-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPLEMENT A ONE-YEAR TIME LIMITATION ON THE INTERVENING DECISION AND NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE EXCEPTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE INEFFECTIVENESS OR INCOMPETENCE OF COUNSEL DURING STATE COLLATERAL POST-CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS SHALL NOT BE A GROUND FOR RELIEF OR AN EXCEPTION FOR RELIEF IN A PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI UNIFORM POST-CONVICTION COLLATERAL RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 99-39-27 AND 99-39-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 99-39-5, 99-39-27, 99-39-23
Committee Substitute: 99-39-5, 99-39-27, 99-39-23
As Passed by the Senate: 99-39-5, 99-39-27, 99-39-23