Berry v. State

KING, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. On July 31, 2003, Eric S. Berry pled guilty to the criminal information and was sentenced to serve twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) with ten years to serve and fifteen years suspended followed by five years of post-release supervision. Berry filed a motion for post-conviction relief, which the trial court summarily dismissed. Aggrieved, Berry appeals raising the following issue: whether Berry’s guilty plea to the criminal information rather than an indictment was improper under the Fifth and Fourteenth…