Bennett v. State

KING, C.J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Jerry Bennett appeals the Rankin County Circuit Court’s denial of his motion for sentence reduction. On appeal, Bennett asserts that the court wrongly applied the statute in denying his requested relief. Finding no error in the trial court’s decision, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. On December 17, 1999, Bennett was indicted by a Rankin County Grand Jury on two separate counts of armed robbery of gas station clerks. On April 5, 2001, Bennett entered guilty pleas as to both counts of armed robbery and the judge sentenced him to serve sixteen concurrent years on each count,…