Brooks v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal stems from an incident that occurred on May 12, 2008, when Cedric Brooks was found in possession of marijuana while incarcerated at the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) facility in Parchman, Mississippi. Brooks was indicted for “unlawfully, willfully and feloniously” possessing 6.4 grams of marijuana in a correctional facility. On June 8, 2009, Brooks, with counsel present, entered his guilty plea to the charge at a hearing before the Sunflower County Circuit Court. He was ordered to serve three years in the custody of the MDOC to run…