Arrington v. State

MYERS, J., for the court.

¶ 1. Prunty Arrington pled guilty to strong arm robbery on August 8, 2000, in the Circuit Court of Newton County, Circuit Judge V.R. Cotten presiding. The plea was accepted and Arrington was sentenced to thirteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and ordered to pay a fine of $1,500 as well as court costs and restitution to the victims in the amount of $1,092.95. Aggrieved by the length of the sentence imposed, Ar-rington properly filed a motion for post-conviction relief in the trial court. The trial court summarily denied Arrington’s…