5/8/97

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI

NO. 94-KP-01140-SCT

TIMOTHY MYERS

v.

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

DATE OF JUDGMENT: September 23, 1994

DATE RECORD FILED: May 11, 1995

TRIAL JUDGE: Hon. Honorable William F. Coleman

COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: Hinds County Circuit Court

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: Pro Se

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: Honorable Mike Moore

Attorney General

Scott Stuart

Special Asst. Attorney General

P. O. Box 220

Jackson, MS 39205

DISTRICT ATTORNEY: Honorable Edward J. Peters

NATURE OF THE CASE: Criminal Felony

TRIAL COURT DISPOSITION: Denial of PCR

DISPOSITION: Affirm

MANDATE ISSUED: 5/29/97

BEFORE PRATHER, P.J., ROBERTS AND MILLS, JJ.

ROBERTS, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:
STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Timothy Myers appeals from a denial of a motion for post-conviction relief in the Circuit Court of

Hinds County. On January 23, 1985, Myers, who was fifteen years old, pled guilty to armed robbery.

The Circuit Court of Hinds County sentenced Myers to four years, one year to serve in the custody

of the MDOC and three years suspended. Myers, in his brief, states, "On or about March 7, 1988,

petitioner's probation was revoked upon committing another felony." Upon revocation of the

suspended sentence, Myers was ordered to serve the remaining three years in the custody of the

MDOC. On September 13, 1994, Myers filed a motion to clarify his sentence in the Hinds County

Circuit Court, asking that the three-year term be subject to the possibility of parole. Pursuant to Miss.

Code Ann. 47-7-3 (1), the circuit court denied the motion. On November 4, 1994, this appeal was

filed.

Aggrieved by the disposition below, Myers asks review of the following issues:

I. WHETHER THE COURT ERRED IN DETERMINING MYERS IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR

THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE?

II. WHETHER MYERS WAS PLACED IN DOUBLE JEOPARDY UPON THE

SUSPENDED SENTENCE BEING REVOKED?

STATEMENT OF THE FACTS

On October 18, 1984, Myers and Kenny Wade committed armed robbery through the display of a

firearm. Myers was arrested, and on January 23, 1985, he petitioned the circuit court to accept his

guilty plea to armed robbery. At the plea hearing, Myers was informed of his right to a jury trial; that

the State would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he committed the armed robbery; that

the minimum sentence was three years and the maximum sentence was life imprisonment; that anyone

convicted of armed robbery with a deadly weapon is not eligible for parole on any sentence less than

ten years; and that he would not be eligible for parole until he had served ten years in prison. On

April 12, 1985, the circuit court sentenced Myers, "under 43-21-159 of Miss. Code of 1972, as

amended, to serve 4 years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with 3 years suspended on

supervised probation under the terms and conditions of 47-7-35 of the Miss. Code of 1972, as

amended, and 1 year to serve in Unit 30 with consideration for transfer to a satellite center." Miss.

Code Ann. 43-21-159 (3) stated that in a case wherein the defendant is a child and of which the

circuit court has original jurisdiction, the circuit judge may or may not transfer the case to the youth

court. The circuit court judge may suspend sentence and release on probation, or commit such child

to the Department of Corrections.

On October 6, 1987, Myers committed aggravated assault and thereby violated the suspended

sentence.On April 13, 1988, Myers pled guilty to aggravated assault and was sentenced to sixteen

years imprisonment. Currently, Myers' appeal to this plea conviction is in circulation before this

Court. Myers v. State, 93-KP-00480 consolidated with 89-KP-01272. Myers has remained

incarcerated following the revocation of suspended sentence. On March 7, 1988, the circuit court

revoked Myers's suspended sentence and ordered his incarceration. On September 13, 1994, more
than six years after the revocation of his suspended sentence, Myers filed a petition to clarify his

sentence. On September 23, 1994, the circuit court entered an order which stated, "Myers petitions

the court to order the Department of Corrections to correct its records to reflect that the revoked

three (3) year sentence not be subject to the requirements of section 47-7-3 (1)(d), Mississippi Code

of 1972, as amended. The court finds that the request should be denied." On November 4, 1994,

Myers, pro se, filed this appeal.

DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUES

II. WHETHER THE COURT ERRED IN DETERMINING MYERS IS NOT ELIGIBLE

FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE?

II. WHETHER MYERS WAS PLACED IN DOUBLE JEOPARDY UPON THE

SUSPENDED SENTENCE BEING REVOKED?

Myers attempts to set aside the probation revocation in 1994, nine years after his guilty plea and six

years after the probation revocation. Myers contends that he was wrongly denied parole eligibility.

Miss. Code Ann. 99-39-5 (2) states that motion for relief under the Post-Conviction Relief Act must

be made within three years after entry of the judgment of conviction in the case of a guilty plea.

This Court has stated pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. 99-39-5 (2) "cases in which the prisoner claims

that his...parole or conditional release has been unlawfully revoked" are exempt from the PostConviction Collateral Relief Act's three year statute of limitations. Fortsen v. State, 662 So. 2d 633,

635 (Miss. 1995). However, Myers does not contend that his suspended sentence was improperly

revoked. In his brief, Myers admits that after committing another felony, the circuit court revoked the

suspended sentence.

Additionally, there are two exceptions from the three-year statute of limitations. A prisoner can

demonstrate either that there has been an intervening decision of the supreme court of either the state

of Mississippi or the United States which would have actually adversely affected the outcome of his

sentence or that he has evidence, not reasonably discoverable at the time of trial, which is of such

nature that it would be practically conclusive that had such been introduced at trial it would have

caused a different result in the sentence.

Myers offers neither an intervening case nor new evidence to overcome the time-bar. Because he

filed his petition outside the statutory three-year time period and did not present an intervening case

or new evidence as an exception to the time limitation, this appeal is time-barred.

Even if Myers had not been time-barred, he was not entitled to relief. The circuit court specifically

explained to Myers at the plea hearing in 1985 that anyone convicted of armed robbery with a deadly

weapon is not eligible for parole on any sentence less than ten years. Miss. Code Ann. 47-7-3 (d)

states that no person shall be eligible for parole who shall be convicted of robbery or attempted

robbery through the display of a firearm until he shall have served ten years if sentenced to a term of

more than ten years, or if sentenced to less than a term of ten years, then such person shall not be

eligible for parole. This issue is without merit.

Although the circuit court sentenced Myers under a Youth Court statute, the circuit court expressly
added the terms and conditions of 47-7-35 to the suspended sentence. Subsequently, Myers violated

the terms and conditions of his probation by committing aggravated assault. Miss. Code Ann. 47-7-

37 states that after a probationer violates the terms and conditions of the probation or suspended

sentence the circuit court may revoke all or any part of probation or all or any part of the suspension

of sentence. The double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment does not apply to parole and

probation revocation proceedings. United States v. Whitney, 649 F. 2d 296, 298 (5th Cir. 1981).

Myers was not placed in double jeopardy because his probation was revoked and he was ordered to

serve the remaining three years in the custody of the MDOC. This issue is without merit.

CONCLUSION

Myers seeks a review of his sentence nine years after the entry of his guilty plea and six years after

the revocation of his suspended sentence. Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. 99-39-5 (2), this appeal is

time-barred. Even if this appeal were timely filed the issues are without merit. Mississippi statutes

allow the revocation of a suspended sentence following the violation of the sentence's terms and

conditions. Further, the appellant was not exposed

to double jeopardy upon the revocation of the suspended sentence following his violation of the

sentence's terms and conditions. Therefore, the circuit court's denial of appellant's motion is affirmed.

LOWER COURT'S DENIAL OF POST-CONVICTION RELIEF AFFIRMED.

LEE, C.J., PRATHER AND SULLIVAN, P.JJ., PITTMAN, BANKS, McRAE, SMITH AND

MILLS, JJ., CONCUR.