Timothy Allen Wilson v. State of Mississippi

WILSON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. After a jury convicted Timothy Wilson of receiving stolen property, the Circuit Court of Warren County sentenced him, as a habitual offender, to serve ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) and ordered him to pay a $10,000 fine. On appeal, Wilson raises three issues, restated as follows: (1) whether the circuit court properly instructed the jury,. (2) whether his trial counsel was ineffective, and (3) whether his sentence is illegal because he was sentenced under the law in effect at the time of his offense, rather than the…