Michael Anthony Morgan v. State of Mississippi

GREENLEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Michael Morgan appeals the Harrison County Circuit Court’s refusal to authorize him as parole eligible. Morgan argues that he is entitled to be declared parole eligible under recently amended Mississippi Code Annotated section 47-7-3(l)(g)(iii) (Rev.2015) because he is a nonviolent habitual offender who has served twenty-five percent of his sentence. He also argues that his sentence of thirteen and a half years for the transfer of cocaine is illegal and should be reduced. Because the court’s order denying Morgan’s request for a parole recommendation is not an…