Antonio Scott v. State of Mississippi

GRIFFIS, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Four years after Antonio Scott pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and carjacking, he submitted a motion for post-conviction collateral relief (PCCR), challenging his consecutive sentences. The circuit court dismissed his claim. Not only is Scott’s challenge cut off by the three-year statute of limitations, but he mistakenly believes the judge had to order that his sentences be served concurrently. This view is legally wrong, since the Legislature has given our sentencing judges discretion to impose consecutive sentences for separate convictions in multicount…