Keys v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Kenneth Keys appeals the judgment of the Forrest County Circuit Court, which denied his motion to mandate parole eligibility on Keys’s life sentence for a 1987 murder conviction. Finding that the trial court lacked the jurisdiction necessary to consider Keys’s motion, we reverse and render.

FACTS

¶ 2. On February 6, 1987, Keys entered a guilty plea in Forrest County Circuit Court to murder. Keys was sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Because of the law in effect at the time of his conviction, Keys was eligible for…