Johnnie Wheeler v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Johnnie Wheeler appeals the Lincoln County Circuit Court’s denial of his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) that he filed upon the revocation of his parole. In his PCR motion, Wheeler claims that his parole was unlawfully revoked.

¶ 2. The relevant procedural history in this case reflects that, while on parole for a 1970 murder conviction, Wheeler pled guilty on January 15, 2013, to felony shoplifting, and this felony-shoplifting conviction resulted in the revocation of his parole.1 Wheeler argues that he failed to receive the due process owed him when the…