Wicker v. State

LEE, P.J.,

for the Court.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. On November 30, 1995, in the Rankin County Circuit Court, Travis Wicker pleaded guilty to murder and two counts of aggravated assault. Wicker was sentenced to a life sentence for the murder charge and twenty years for each aggravated assault charge. All sentences were to be served consecutively in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

¶ 2. On July 26, 2007, Wicker filed a motion to vacate his sentence. The trial court denied Wicker’s motion, finding that it was procedurally barred and, regardless of the procedural…