Pruitt v. State

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This is an appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief (PCR) from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County’s revocation of Cecil Junior Pruitt’s (Pruitt) post-release supervision (PRS). Pruitt pleaded guilty to the sale of cocaine. The circuit court sentenced Pruitt to twenty years, with all but one day suspended, and ordered Pruitt to serve three years on PRS.

¶ 2. While on PRS, Pruitt was arrested again for selling cocaine. Pruitt’s PRS was subsequently revoked, and he was ordered to serve the remainder of his twenty-year sentence in the custody of the…