Kevin Thomas v. State of Mississippi

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In 2001, Kevin Thomas, along with two accomplices, was charged with armed robbery of a jewelry store and brandishing a knife at the store employees. On February 22, 2011, Thomas appeared before the Coahoma County Circuit Court and plead ed guilty to the charge. 1 He was sentenced to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, which was to run consecutively to any and all other sentences previously imposed, with ten years to serve and five years of post-release supervision. He was also ordered to pay $500 to the Victims’ Compensation…