Randle v. Mississippi Parole Board

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Randle was convicted of murder in 1980 in the Circuit Court of Clay County, Mississippi, and received a life sentence. In February of 2010 he was granted parole by the Mississippi Parole Board, which revoked his parole in July of 2012, when he was arrested for simple assault by threat and firearm possession.

¶ 2. Randle asserted the Board’s revocation of his parole was unlawful and filed a petition for habeas corpus relief seeking that the revocation be set aside. His petition was properly treated as a post-conviction collateral relief (PCR) petition by the Rankin…