McCann v. State of Mississippi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI EASTERN DIVISION FRANKIE L. MCCANN PETITIONER V. CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:23-CV-151-TBM-ASH STATE OF MISSISSIPPI RESPONDENT REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Pro se Petitioner Frankie L. McCann sued the State of Mississippi challenging his 2011 statutory rape guilty plea and sentence in the Circuit Court of Wayne County, Mississippi, and the resultant sex-offender-registration requirement. The Court construed McCann’s lawsuit as a habeas petition under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

and ordered Respondent to file an answer or other responsive pleading.…