Carter v. State

754 So.2d 1207 (2000)

Cedric CARTER

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 98-CT-00303-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 20, 2000.

Cedric Carter, Appellant, pro se.

Office of the Attorney General by Dewitt T. Allred, III, Attorney for Appellee.

EN BANC.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

COBB, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Cedric Carter, a first offender, pled guilty to manslaughter on July 1, 1994. He was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 20 years in prison but with six months suspended. He was also sentenced to five years probation. On January 21, 1998, Carter filed a motion for post-conviction relief in the…