At 10:00 the Court will hear a case sure to warm the hearts of all civil procedure junkies everywhere (if they have one): Kimberlee Davenport v. Hansaworld U.S.A., Inc. You’ll need to pay close attention. Davenport was employed by software company HansaWorld as its sales manager for the United States and Canada prior to her…
Earnest Antonio Keys v. State of Mississippi – appeal from revocation of suspended sentence – Keys pleaded guilty in 3007 to armed robbery and got a 10-year sentence. He served three years; the last 7 were suspended. In 2011, the trial court revoked the suspension for violation of the conditions of his suspension. Three…
At 10:30 the Court of Appeals will hear the case of Dennis Thompson v. State. Thompson was found guilty of depraved heart murder and three counts of aggravated assault after a fight during a high school graduation party in Starkville went bad and someone fired shots into the crowd. The jury decided that someone…
Catherine Doe v. Stan Smith – adoption fraud – Katy and Stan were not married but had a son Luke. When Katy got pregnant again, she told Stan that he was no the father. Stan field to establish paternity of Luke but not to establish paternity of Katy’s second son Matthew. Kathy then allowed…
At 10:00 the Court will hear the case of Cellular South v BellSouth Telecommunicatons. The State of Mississippi has a multi-year contract with BellSouth to purchase telecommunications services. In 2015 Cellular South filed a public records request for the contracts between BellSouth and the State. BellSouth obtained a protective order in Hinds Chancery Court for…
Victor Sims v. State of Mississippi – armed robbery – Sims and his nephew were indicted for armed robbery of four separate persons at a card party one night in Jones County. Both were convicted. Sims argues that his attorneys were ineffective by failing to object to hearsay testimony from two officers regarding what the…
At 10:00 a.m., the Miss.S.Ct. will hear the case of Marshall Fisher v. Michael Drankus regarding parole eligibility. In 1987 Michael Drankus was convicted of capital murder, robbery, and residential burglary and sentenced to life imprisonment for capital murder, five years for the robbery and five years for the residential burglary. He was released on…
North American Midway Entertainment, LLC, Mid-America Shows Transportation, Inc. and North American Midway Entertainment-Amusement South, Inc. v. Tommy W. Murray and Kelli E. Murray – statute of limitations – In May of 2009, there was an accident on an interstate exit ramp in Louisiana. The Murrays filed suit against Germany in Mississippi in May 2012. The…
At 10:00 the COA will hear Kent Holifield and Laurie Holifield v. City Salvage, Inc. In 2009, the Holifields purchased a house built in 2008 by Defendant Ronny Hill Construction, Inc. located in Laurel. They claim that in 2011, they discovered the existence of Chinese-manufactured drywall in the walls of their home and that…
Roger Dale Craig v. State of Mississippi – aggravated assault – Craig was convicted of manslaughter in the death of David Smith. He was also convicted of attempted aggravated assault, carrying a concealed weapon. Craid and Smith had a history of conflict. Craig shot Smith inside a convenience store in Quitman County and killed him. The…
At 10:00 the Miss.S.Ct. will hear the case of The State of Miss. by and through Delbert Hosemann as Secretary of State and Trustee of the Public Tidelands Trust v. Kenneth Murphy, Ray Murphy and Audie Murphy Among other things, Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Old Seawall built in 1917 in Bay St Louis. The United…
Andy Lowry at Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush has filed a Motion to Amend Certain Rules to Provide for Word Counts in Mississippi Supreme Court briefs. The motion is well reasoned and can be seen here: word-counts It makes perfect sense. Thanks Andy! (Oh, and if you want to see what a good-looking brief looks…
