Skinner v. State

LEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Bryan A. Skinner was initially charged with murder, but entered a plea of guilty to manslaughter. Skinner was sentenced by the Honorable Kenneth Coleman to serve five years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Additionally, Judge Coleman credited Skinner with time served commencing on April 11, 1998 through May 18, 1998, the date the order for Skinner’s sentence for his plea of guilty to manslaughter was entered. Skinner has filed a timely pro se petition for post-conviction collateral relief. Skinner argues one issue on appeal: whether he has been given…