Taylor v. State

IRVING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In 2000, Carlos Taylor was convicted of statutory rape and selling marijuana. While serving time for those offenses, Taylor was convicted of possessing marijuana in a correctional facility. The LeFlore County Circuit Court subsequently sentenced Taylor as a habitual offender to life in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, without eligibility for parole or probation. The circuit court determined that Taylor qualified under Mississippi Code Annotated section 99-19-83 (Rev.2007) as a habitual offender because he had previously been convicted…