Graceland Care Center of New Albany, LLC, Advanced Healthcare Management, Inc., Karen Clayton, in her Official Capacity as Administrator of Graceland Care Center of New Albany, W. Larry Overstreet and Sharon Windham v. Teresa Hamlet, on Behalf of Jimmy Kinard, Deceased – extension of time to serve process – When Hamlet’s brother died, she filed a…
Dezjon Daniels v. State of Mississippi – expert evidence in child sexual battery cases – In July 2014, Pamela Ard reported to law enforcement that her 9 or 10 year old son H.A. had been raped or molested by his 19-year-old cousin Dezjon Daniels. Daniels was convicted and sentenced to 35 years. On appeal he…
At 10:00 a.m., the Mississippi Supreme Court will hear the case of State of Mississippi v. Willie Russell Russell was sentenced to death for the murder of corrections officer Argentra Cotton. In 2003 the Mississippi Supreme Court granted him a hearing to determine whether he was too intellectually disabled to be put to death pursuant…
Arlin George Hatfield, III v. The Board of Supervisors of Madison County, Mississippi – zoning – Hatfield purchased a lot in Deer Haven subdivision in Madison County in 2012 and thereafter began raising. In 2013 the Homeowners Association sued him for violating the subdivision covenants, In 2015 the county cited Hatfield for raising various…
Taylor Made Smiles, PLLC v. Franklin Collection Service, Inc. – mistaken payment – Taylor Made hired Franklin Collection Services to collect on an outstanding patient account. The debtor sent two checks (one for $500 and the other was actually a bank debit for $6,315) and Franklin sent Taylor Made its portion but later the check was…
Thomas M. Dennis v. Shelia F. Dennis – child support for step greatgrandparent/support where no relationship – In 1994, Thomas and Sheila married. Sims had a daughter named Renee Wright. Renee ended up having a grandson named J.R.H. Thomas was J.R.H.’s stepgreat-grandfather. In May 2005, JRH’s parents were in legal trouble and DHS informed the Dennis’ that…
Edwina Robbins v. State of Mississippi – other crimes/bad act evidence – Robbins was charged along with two others in holding up Lisa Barnes with a knife and stealing her car keys and $40. She was convicted. Apparently Barnes had gone to Robbins’ home to discuss a debt Robinns owed for crack cocaine. Prior to trial, Robbins…
Akeem Rasheed v. State of Mississippi – self defense – Rasheed had been in a relationship with Reneee Childs. One night he broke down Child’s door and stabbed Michael Randle (Randle was the father of Childs’s daughter) in the back. On appeal he argues that the trial court erred in refusing his self defense instructions. Here…
Adofo Minka v. State of Mississippi – criminal contempt – Hinds Co. Public Defender Minka was held in direct criminal contempt by Judge Jeff Weill during his closing argument. Minka was fined $100 and ordered to pay the cost of the jury, $1350, after the court declared a mistrial. Minka’s client was being tried…
Connie Hawkins, Individually and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of George Leith Hawkins, III, Deceased v. Heck Yea Quarter Horses, LLC, Wallace Heck d/b/a Heck Yea Quarter Horses, LLC and Bruce Horn – wrongful death – In June of 2013, sixty-one-year-old George Hawkins was hired as a temporary employee of Heck Yea to work…
Ernest Lane, III, as Executor of the Estate of James Oldrum Smith, Jr. and Limestone Products, Inc. v. Ronald D. Lampkin – corporate dissolution – Ronnie Lampkin and J.O. Smith were 50/50 shareholders in a corporation that supplied rock. When Smith died in 2006, the corporation’s line of credit, which was necessary for the business to…
At 10:30 the Court will hear the case of Mississippi Valley Silica v. Dorothy Barnett. Howard Barnett worked as a saw operator and crane operator at Mississippi Steel and Iron Company from 1960-1970. He claimed he was occupationally overexposed to respirable silica from sandblasting activities that took place nearby and that he developed silicosis. A…
