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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 95-CA-00460-SCT LAFAYETTE WELLS v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI THIS OPINION IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION AND MAY NOT BE CITED, PURSUANT TO M.R.A.P. 35-A DATE OF JUDGMENT: TRIAL JUDGE: COURT FROM WHICH APPEALED: ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE: 03/11/95 HON. GRAY EVANS SUNFLOWER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT GARY LEE MOORE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: SCOTT STUART FRANK CARLTON CIVIL - POST CONVICTION RELIEF AFFIRMED - 10/9/97 10/30/97

DISTRICT ATTORNEY: NATURE OF THE CASE: DISPOSITION: MOTION FOR REHEARING FILED: MANDATE ISSUED:

BEFORE PRATHER, P.J., BANKS AND McRAE, JJ. McRAE, JUSTICE, FOR THE COURT:

This appeal arises from a March 11, 1995 order of the Circuit Court of Sunflower County dismissing for lack of jurisdiction Lafayette Wells' habeas petition seeking review of the Parole Board's revocation of parole and denial of his subsequent request for parole. We agree with Wells that the circuit court was the proper place to begin post-conviction relief proceedings on any constitutional questions arising from the revocation of parole, but affirm the circuit court's dismissal of Wells' petition. Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann.

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