Whetstone v. State

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. On December 14, 1984, Nevin Whetstone pleaded guilty to capital murder. Following his plea, the Lee County Circuit Court sentenced him to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On June 14, 2011, Whetstone filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR), which the circuit court dismissed. Feeling aggrieved, Whetstone appeals and argues that his plea was involuntary and that the indictment, charging him with capital murder, was defective.

¶ 2. We hold that the circuit court correctly found that Whetstone’s PCR motion was…