Legal Opinion

Wallace Wayne Whatley v. State of Mississippi

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided October 3, 2017No. 2016-CP-01292-COAPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WILSON, J.,

FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. Wallace Wayne Whatley appeals from the denial of his second motion for post-conviction relief, in which he sought a determination that he is eligible for parole. Whatley is not eligible for parole. Therefore, we affirm.

¶ 2. In 2010, Whatley pled guilty to selling Dilaudid, a Schedule II controlled substance, as a subsequent drug offender, and the court sentenced him to sixty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Miss. Code Ann. §§ 41-29-139(b)(1) (Rev. 2009) & 41-29-147 (Rev. 2013) (“[A]ny person convicted of a second or…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Keys v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Whatley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2013
  3. Nathan Sinko v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2016

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dennis Lawrence Smith v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2021

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