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Supreme Court of Mississippi Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi
Office of the Clerk
Muriel B. Ellis Post Office Box 249 Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0249 Telephone: (601) 359-3694 Facsimile: (601) 359-2407
January 3, 2017
(Street Address) 450 High Street Jackson, Mississippi 39201-1082
e-mail:[email protected]
This is to advise you that the Mississippi Court of Appeals rendered the following decision on the 3rd day of January, 2017.
Court of Appeals Case# 2015-CP-01142-COA Trial Court Case# 2015-0006-PC
Winfred Forkner a/k/a Winfred Folkner a/k/a "Wimp" v. State of Mississippi
Current Location: SMCI # K5766 Area 2, D-1 P. 0. Box 1419 Leakesville, MS 39451
The motion for rehearing is denied. Westbrooks, J ., not participating.
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
NO. 2015-CP-01142-COA
WINFRED FORKNER A/KIA WINFRED FOLKNER A/KIA "WIMP"
APPELLANT
v.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
DATE OF JUDGMENT: TRIAL JUDGE: COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED:_ ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE:
NATURE OF THE CASE: 1RIAL COURT DISPOSITION:
DISPOSITION: MOTION FOR REHEARING FILED: MANDATE ISSUED:
APPELLEE
02/25/2015 HON. LILLIE BLACKMON SANDERS WILKINSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT WINFRED FORKNER (PRO SE) OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: LAURA HOGAN TEDDER CNIL - POST-CONVICTION RELIEF MOTION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF DISMISSED APPEAL DISMISSED- 08/16/2016
BEFORE GRIFFIS, P.J., BARNES AND FAIR, JJ.
BARNES, J., FOR THE COURT:
-i\l. Winfred Forkner and his accomplice, April Harrison, were indicted on October 26,
2000, on two counts of burglary. The indictment charged that the two defendants traveled
to hunting camps in Wilkinson County and stole air-conditioning units from ''the camp of
Eric Trevillion" and "the camp of the Robb's Hunting Club." The indictment was later
amended to charge Forkner as a habitual offender under Mississippi Code Annotated section
99-19-83 (Rev. 2015). After a jury trial in Wilkinson County Circuit Court on February 22
and 26, 2001, Forkner was found guilty of Count I; the jury could not return a verdict on
II,
Count IL 1 He was sentenced to life without parole.
12. On March 8, 2001, Forkner filed a motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict
or, in the alternative, a new trial, which the circuit court denied on March 12, 2001. He filed
a motion to reopen the time for appeal on April 20, 2001, and subsequently filed a notice of
appeal on May 2, 2001. This Court dismissed his appeal on December 17, 2002, for lack of
jurisdiction, as the circuit court had not ruled on Forkner's motion to reopen the time to file
the appeal. See Forkner v. State, 852 So. 2d 604, 606 (,I8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2002). He filed
a second appeal, and our Court affirmed his conviction and sentence on November 30, 2004.
See Forkner v. State, 902 So. 2d 615, 626 (,I37) (Miss. Ct. App. 2004).
13. Forkner has since filed three applications for permission to file a motion for post
conviction relief (PCR) in trial court. The first motion was denied on July 19, 2005; the
second was dismissed on August 16, 2006. On December 15, 2010, the Mississippi Supreme
Court dismissed Forkner's third application for leave to proceed as a successive writ. It
further warned Forkner that "future frivolous filings may subject Forkner to sanctions[.]"
'i\4. On January 9, 2014, Forkner filed a motion under Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure
60(b)(4) and (6) with the circuit court, seeking relief from the judgment. On February 25,
2015, the circuit court denied Forkner's motion. The circuit court reasoned:
Mississippi [l]aw states, though a Rule 60(b) motion should be liberally construed, it is not to be used as a substitute for appeal. In addition, because Forkner' s motion in substance represents a petition for Post-Conviction Relief, it dually fails because it falls outside the three (3) year statutory window.
1 Harrison entered a plea of guilty to the two charges on February 22, 2001, and as part of the plea agreement, she was sentenced to five years, which were suspended, and she was placed on five years of probation. She also testified at Forkner's trial.
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Forkner appealed the circuit court's order on March 11, 2015.
DISCUSSION
,rs. This Court affirmed Forkner' s conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Forkner, 902
So. 2d 615. Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-39-7 (Rev. 2015) of the Uniform Post
Conviction Collateral Relief Act (UPCCRA) provides, in pertinent part:
Where the conviction and sentence have been affirmed on appeal or the appeal has been dismissed, the motion under this article sh~l not be filed in the trial court until the motion shall have first been presented to a quorum of the Justices of the Supreme Court ofMississippi, convened for said purpose either in termtime or in vacation, and an order granted allowing the filing of such motion in the trial court.
As this Court held in Epps v. State, 837 So. 2d 243, 245 (if6) (Miss. Ct. App. 2003):
[A]s to post-conviction-relief motions brought after an unsuccessful direct appeal of a criminal conviction, the failure of the movant to obtain the prior permission of the supreme court to file the motion as set out in section 99-39-27 [(leave to proceed in the trial court)} deprives the circuit court - and, necessarily, this Court- of authority to reach the merits of the motion.
(Citations omitted). Furthermore, th.e supreme court's denial of an application for leave to
seek post-conviction relief in the circuit court is a fmal judgment and bars successive
applications for relief pursuant to the UPCCRA. Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-27(9) (Rev.
2015). As already noted, the supreme court has denied or dismissed Forkner' s applications
for post-conviction relief.
,I6. Forkner' s Rule 60(b) motion is an apparent attempt to circumvent this procedural bar
against PCR motions. However, his motion clearly attacks the merits of his underlying
judgment. His contention is that the judgment is void because the actual victim who signed
the complaint against him, Mark Trevillion, did not testify at trial; his brother, Eric, testified
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as the owner of the property. "[A]n appeal from denial of Rule 60(b) relief does not bring
up the underlying judgment for review." Beeks v. State, 130 So. 3d 163, 165 (19) (Miss. Ct.
App. 2014) (quoting Bruce v. Bruce, 587 So. 2d 898, 903-04 (Miss. 1991)). "Rule 60(b) is
for extraordinary circumstances, for matters collateral to the merits[,] ... [ and] should not
be used to relitigate cases." Beeks, 130 So. 3d at 165 (19) (citations omitted). Rule 60(b) is
also not "a substitute for a timely appeal." Beeks, 130 So. 3d at 165 (19).
,r1. Forkner' s motion is not a proper Rule 60(b) motion, and the supreme court denied all
requests for permission to file a PCR motion. Accordingly, the circuit court lacked
jurisdiction to consider Forkner' s motion, and we lack jurisdiction over his appeal. Forkner' s
appeal is dismissed.
,rs. THIS APPEAL IS DISMISSED. ALL COSTS OF TIDS APPEAL ARE ASSESSED TO WILKINSON COUNTY.
LEE, C.J., IRVING AND GRIFFIS, P.JJ., ISHEE, CARL TON, FAIR, JAMES, WILSON AND GREENLEE, JJ., CONCUR.
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