Farmer v. State

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¶ 1. Christopher Farmer pled guilty in the Leflore County Circuit Court to aggravated assault and was sentenced to a term of twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). After Farmer sought relief under the Uniform Post-Conviction Collateral Relief Act, Miss. Code Ann. §§ 99-39-1 et seq. (2000), this Court vacated Farmer's conviction and sentence, finding that his guilty plea was involuntarily given due to inaccurate advice…