HB 748

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-39-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A PERSON SEEKING TO FILE A MOTION FOR POST-CONVICTION COLLATERAL RELIEF TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT BEFORE FILING THE MOTION IN TRIAL COURT IF A DENIAL OF A PREVIOUS POST-CONVICTION MOTION HAS BEEN AFFIRMED ON APPEAL OR MORE THAN THREE YEARS HAS ELAPSED AFTER THE TIME FOR TAKING AN APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OR CONVICTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.