Lott v. State

BARNES, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In 1988, Dwight Lott was convicted in the Pearl River County Circuit Court for murder and sentenced to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). Lott was released on parole in 2000, but was arrested in July 2010 on charges in Marion County, resulting in an indictment in May 2011 for attempted sexual battery and molestation of a child. Although the Marion County charges were nolle prossed in May 2012, the Mississippi Parole Board revoked Lott’s parole on October 12, 2011. Lott filed a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) in the…