Myles v. State
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
1Opinion of the Court
CHANDLER, J.,
for the Court.
¶ 1. John Roland Myles, Jr., was charged with house burglary. He filed a petition to plead guilty to the lesser-included offense of grand larceny. On December 4, 2006, the Circuit Court of Rankin County accepted Myles’s guilty plea and sentenced him to ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and to pay restitution, court costs, fees, and assessments. This sentence was in accordance with the State’s sentencing recommendation.
¶ 2. Myles timely filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR), arguing that his guilty plea was involuntary…
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