Dwight Lott v. State of Mississippi

LEE, C.J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Dwight Lott contends his parole was unlawfully revoked, and he was entitled to a preliminary revocation hearing. We reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether Lott’s parole was unlawfully revoked.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2. In 1988, Lott pleaded guilty in the Pearl River County Circuit Court to murder and was sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. His conviction and sentence were affirmed in 1992. See Lott v. State, 597 So.2d 627, 631 (Miss. 1992). Lott was paroled in 2000, arrested in 2010 in Marion…