Robert W. Triplett v. State of Mississippi

LEE, C.J.,

for the Court:

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. Robert Triplett was convicted of exploitation of a child and sentenced as a habitual offender to serve forty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Triplett was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. Triplett appealed, arguing the trial court erred in sentencing him as a habitual offender. This Court agreed—we reversed the habitual-offender-status portion of Triplett’s sentence and remanded solely for resen-tencing. Triplett v. State, 145 So.3d 1256, 1260 (¶¶ 15-16) (Miss.Ct.App.2014) (finding the State faded to…