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BEEKS v. STATE

No. 2012-CA-01439-COA.

130 So.3d 163 (2014)

James Alfred BEEKS, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

January 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wanda Turner-Lee Abioto , attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Scott Stuart , attorney for appellee.

Before GRIFFIS, P.J., ROBERTS and FAIR, JJ.

FAIR, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. In 1999, James Beeks pled guilty to armed robbery. The circuit court sentenced him to thirty years, with ten suspended. After sentencing Beeks, the judge erroneously stated that Beeks was statutorily prohibited from being released for ten years because a firearm was used in the robbery. Beeks interpreted this to mean he would be released in ten years. But when Beeks learned his jailers intended to keep him for the whole twenty...

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