Larry Wooten v. State of Mississippi

LAWRENCE, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶1. On January 3, 2006, Larry Wooten pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine. The Rankin County Circuit Court sentenced Wooten to serve eight years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). The court ordered that after Wooten served three years with MDOC he would be placed on post-release supervision for three years. The circuit court revoked Wooten's post-release supervision after several separate violations and ordered him to serve the remainder of his sentence.

¶2. Twelve years later on January 30, 2018, Wooten filed a motion for…