STRINGFELLOW v. STATE (2019)

¶1. In 2002, Tyrone Stringfellow was indicted for armed robbery as a violent habitual offender. Later that year, he pled guilty in exchange for a recommended sentence of twenty-three years. The circuit court accepted his plea and imposed the recommended sentence.

¶2. In 2018, Stringfellow filed a “Motion for Sentence Reduction By Credit Earned Time for Good Behavior.” The circuit court denied the motion, ruling that it no longer had authority to reconsider Stringfellow's sentence. Stringfellow appealed.

¶3. On appeal, Stringfellow makes clear that he “is not attracting [sic] his guilty plea, but pleading mercy.” He asks for a reduction of his sentence and early release based on his alleged “good behavior” and “rehabilitation.”

¶4. We affirm. The circuit court correctly held that it lacked authority to reconsider a sentence after the end of the term of court at which the sentence was imposed. See, e.g., Bailey v. State, 270 So. 3d 108, 109 (¶2) (Miss. Ct. App. 2018). Moreover, even if we treat Stringfellow's motion as a motion for post-conviction relief, it is barred by the three-year statute of limitations applicable to such motions. Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-5(2) (Rev. 2015).

¶5. AFFIRMED.

J. WILSON, P.J., FOR THE COURT:

BARNES, C.J., CARLTON, P.J., GREENLEE, WESTBROOKS, TINDELL, McDONALD, LAWRENCE, McCARTY AND C. WILSON, JJ., CONCUR.