Conlee v. State

KING, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Walter Conlee pled guilty to a two-count indictment: Count I, manslaughter, and Count II, transfer of a controlled substance. Conlee was sentenced to serve twenty years on Count I and thirty years on Count II in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with the sentences to run concurrently. Conlee timely filed a motion for post-conviction relief. The Rankin County Circuit Court held an evidentiary hearing on Con-lee’s motion on March 18, 2008, and denied relief. Conlee appeals, raising the following issues: (1) whether Conlee was indicted…