Simmons v. Sparkman

BRANTLEY, J., for the court.

¶ 1. David Lee Simmons’s petition for release was denied by a Sunflower County Circuit Court. Simmons appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his petition for release after being improperly removed from the Intensive Supervision Program (ISP). Finding that the petition is time-barred, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. Simmons was convicted for cocaine possession on March 19, 1998, in Lee County, Mississippi. He was sentenced to twenty years and placed in the Intensive Supervision Program/House Arrest Program pursuant to sections 47-5-1001 through 47-5-1015 of the…