Higginbotham v. State

CARLTON, J„

for the Court:

¶ 1. James Allen Higginbotham appeals the Winston County Circuit Court’s denial of his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR). Higginbotham raises the following assignments of error: whether (1) Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-21 (Rev.2006) is unconstitutionally broad and vague; (2) he entered an involuntary guilty plea due to mistaken advice of counsel; (3) the circuit court erroneously instructed him that he would be eligible for parole; *11(4) the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to sentence him for murder, when the indictment set forth that he had only…