Riddle v. State

MYERS, J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. In June of 1997, Steven Riddle pled guilty in the Circuit Court of Harrison County to felony shoplifting as a habitual offender as he had five previous felony convictions. Riddle was given a suspended sentence and supervised probation neither of which is allowed for habitual offenders. Miss.Code Ann. § 44-7-33 (Supp.2001). Riddle challenges his sentencing in a post-conviction relief motion claiming that it *456was illegal and his plea was coerced. Riddle asserts that prior to the plea, his attorney promised that the “habitual” was not to be worried about because the…