Donald Mitchell v. State of Mississippi

WILSON, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶1. Donald Mitchell pled guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and was sentenced to thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of *279Corrections (MDOC), with twenty years suspended and ten years to serve. Mitchell had been indicted as a violent habitual offender and thus faced a life sentence without the possibility of parole if found guilty at trial.

¶2. Mitchell subsequently filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR), claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that his plea was involuntary. Both claims are…