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Alvin C. Wilson v. State of Mississippi – trial in absentia – Wilson was convicted in absentia of sexual battery of an eleven-year-old who ended up giving birth to his child at the age of 12. Wilson
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Decisions – COA – 4/9/2019
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Larry Charles Carter Carter v. State of Mississippi – proof of habitual status – After shots were fired into an apartment injuring a child inside, Larry Carter requested to see a police officer. When one arrived, he…
Decisions – MSSC – 4/4/2019
By Jane Tucker
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Phillip Earl Young v. State of Mississippi – successor PCR – This is Young’s fourth PRC petition challenging a conviction for felony evasion and automobile burglary. The Court is fed up with frivolous successor PCRs and orders…
Decisions – COA – 4/2/2019
By Jane Tucker
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Michael Guss, Jr. v. State of Mississippi – drug trafficking – In December of 2015, Postal Inspector Dominick Riley was working at the United States Postal Inspection Service Center in Jackson when he noticed a suspicious express…
Oral arg. – COA -4/3/2019
By Jane Tucker
At 1:30 the COA will hear the case of Jackson Public Schools v. Tanyatameika Mason. Mason was the principal of Jim Hill High School. In May 2016, JPS decided to terminate her principal contract and offer her one as assistant…
Decisions – MSSC – 3/28/2019
By Jane Tucker
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John M. Barham, Jr., Marsha B. Price, Gregory P. Brady, William J. Ross, James E. Gunn a/k/a Ed Gunn and Douglas J. Gunn v. Mississippi Power Company – transfer to chancery/Surface Mining Act – Barham, et al. …
Oral arg. -MSSC – 3/27/2019
By Jane Tucker
At 1:30 the MSSC will hear the interlocutory appeal in Franklin Collection Service v. Bancorp South.
In 2010, Franklin filed a lawsuit and named Bancorp South as a defendant in its first amended complaint. Franklin claimed BancorpSouth had charged…
Decisions – COA – 3/26/2019
By Jane Tucker
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Marion Chuck Easterling v. State of Mississippi – challenge to guilty plea – On August 24, 2015, Easterling, who is deaf, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. He got into an argument with his sister and got into…
Decisions – MSSC – 3/21/2019
By Jane Tucker
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Elijah Arrington, III, D.M.D. v. Mississippi State Board Of Dental Examiners – dental license revocation – Arrington had a dental practice at the corner of Northside and North State in Jackson (“Fondren Dental”). The Mississippi State Board…
Decisions – COA – 3/19/2019
By Jane Tucker
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Stephen Demond Anderson Sr. v. Emmarie G. Flaggs Anderson – cruel and inhumane treatment divorce – Stephen and Emmarie married in 2007. Unsure of their commitment to each other, they had two children before they married: N.F.,…