Armstrong Knight v. State of Mississippi

GREENLEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In 2003, Armstrong Knight negotiate ed a plea deal to avoid a murder conviction and. the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison. He pled guilty to manslaughter, two counts of felon in possession of a firearm, and one count of carrying a concealed weapon after a felony conviction. His combined sentences essentially operated as thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Approximately ten years later, he claimed that .one of his convictions for felon in possession of a -firearm must be vacated because he has…