Jones v. State

CHANDLER, J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. On January 27, 1997, David Jones pled guilty to a charge of armed robbery. He was sentenced by the Circuit Court of Chickasaw County to a term of ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Thereafter, on February 18, 1998, Jones filed a motion for post-conviction relief asserting that his plea was involuntary because he was misinformed as to the maximum sentence of life imprisonment. After an evidentiary hearing on the issues, the trial court denied the motion. Feeling aggrieved by this denial, Jones has perfected this appeal and…