John E. Wrenn v. State of Mississippi

WILSON, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. John Wrenn pled guilty to the charge of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and was sentenced to ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Wrenn pled guilty as a habitual offender under Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-19-81 (Rev. 2015), so his ten-year sentence was mandatory and without the possibility of parole or probation.

¶ 2. Wrenn subsequently filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief (PCR) alleging, among other things, that his plea was involuntary because his attorney and the circuit court…