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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2008-CT-00564-SCT CLINTON WYATT NOLAN v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/05/2008 TRIAL JUDGE: HON. ROBERT P. CHAMBERLIN COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: DESOTO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: JAMES D. FRANKS, JR. ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

¶ 1. Clinton Wyatt Nolan shot and killed his father. In a bench trial before the DeSoto County Circuit Court, Nolan pleaded insanity as his defense. The circuit judge determined that Nolan was sane at the time of the shooting and found him guilty of heat-of-passion manslaughter. Nolan was thus sentenced to seven years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and thirteen years of post-release supervision. His appeal was assigned to the Court of Appeals. The Court of

IRVING, P.J., for the Court: ¶ 1. Bill Nick Argol pleaded guilty to the sexual exploitation of a minor and to three separate counts of fondling. The DeSoto County Circuit Court sentenced him to thirty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections followed by ten years of post-release supervision. Argol filed two motions for post-conviction relief (PCR), which the circuit court dismissed.

IRVING, J„ for the Court: ¶ 1. Following a bench trial, Clinton Wyatt Nolan was convicted of heat-of-passion manslaughter in the DeSoto County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to seven years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and to thirteen years of post-release supervision, with five reporting and eight non-reporting. Aggrieved, Nolan appeals and asserts (1) that the circuit court e

822 So.2d 1022 (2002) Troy CARLISLE a/k/a Troy Lee Carlisle, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee. No. 2000-KA-01796-COA. Court of Appeals of Mississippi. March 19, 2002. Rehearing Denied June 11, 2002. *1024 Jack R. Jones, III, Southaven, attorney for appellant. Office of the Attorney General, by