On issues of law, our standard of review is de novo. Kidd v. State , 221 So. 3d 1041, 1043 (¶8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016), cert. denied , 220 So. 3d 977 (Miss. 2017).
Sept. 11, 2014). The circuit court held an evidentiary hearing and denied relief. Kidd v. State, 221 So. 3d 1041, 1042 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment, id., and this Court denied his petition for a writ of certiorari. Order, Kidd v. State, 2015-CT-01182-SCT (Miss.
"As the PCR movant, [Duncan] ‘has the burden of showing [he] is entitled to relief by a preponderance of the evidence.’ " Id. (quoting Kidd v. State, 221 So. 3d 1041, 1043 (¶8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016)). DISCUSSION
Id. (quoting Kidd v. State, 221 So.3d 1041, 1043 (¶8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016)). "As the PCR movant, [Johnson] 'has the burden of showing [he] is entitled to relief by a preponderance of the evidence.'"
Ct. App. 2011) ). "Relief must be denied if the movant fails to meet any one of these four elements." Kidd v. State , 221 So. 3d 1041, 1043 (¶9) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016) (quoting Van Norman v. State , 114 So. 3d 799, 801 (¶11) (Miss. Ct. App. 2013) ).
In a PCR motion, the "movant has the burden of showing he is entitled to relief by preponderance of the evidence." Kidd v. State , 221 So. 3d 1041, 1043 (¶8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). But merely asserting a fundamental-right violation is not enough to meet that burden.
Our "standard of review for [the] denial of [post-conviction relief] after an evidentiary hearing is the clearly erroneous standard." Kidd v. State , 221 So. 3d 1041, 1043 (¶8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016) (quoting Davis v. State , 980 So. 2d 951, 954 (¶5) (Miss. Ct. App. 2007) ). "A finding of fact is ‘clearly erroneous’ when ... the reviewing court ... is left with [a] definite and firm conviction that a mistake [was] made."
Id. at 196 (¶36). "However, when reviewing issues of law, this Court's proper standard of review is de novo." Kidd v. State , 221 So. 3d 1041, 1043 (¶8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). As the PCR movant, Whitehead "has the burden of showing [s]he is entitled to relief by a preponderance of the evidence."
¶ 20. Phinizee "has the burden of showing he is entitled to relief by a preponderance of the evidence." Kidd v. State , 221 So.3d 1041, 1043 (¶ 8) (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). However, we are of the opinion that Phinizee did not meet that burden.