Mississippi Department of Human Services v. Ben Porter – child support choice of law – S.M. was born in April 1995 to Gail Morris in Chicago, Illinois. Illinois filed a paternity action against Porter but the case was dismissed for inactivity. Porter moved to Mississippi. In December 2011, the Illinois Department of Healthcare and…
Larry Watts, Jr. v. State of Mississippi – suppression of statements – Watts was convicted of two counts of felony child abuse involving his girlfriend’s four year old son. The child complained of stomach pain. Doctors found abdominal trauma to his liver and that his pancreas was bleeding into his abdomen. The injuries were commensurate with child…
Rodney Shelton Fulgham v. Clara Jackson – extension of time to serve process – In February 2015, Jackson filed a complaint against Fulgham for damages arising from a car accident. A summons was issued the next day, and both the complaint and summons stated that Fulgham was incarcerated at the Bolivar County Correctional Facility in Cleveland, Mississippi.…
At 10:00 the Miss.S.Ct. will hear the case of Kendall Martin v. State of Mississippi Martin was convicted of possession of marijuana with intent to sell as an habitual and sentenced to 60 years. The cocaine was discovered when Martin’s vehicle was stopped on I-20 in Rankin County for ostensibly passing the fog line.…
Annie Figures v. Jackson Housing Authority – eviction – Golden Key Apartments is an apartment building for disabled and elderly people in Jackson owned by the Jackson Housing Authority. Figures was a resident. After she threatened to other residents in violation of her lease, JHA moved to evict her. The JHA gave her a hearing and…
A friend of mine from law school just informed me and reminded me of when Prof. Cochran appeared for our first class in Supreme Court Practice and stated, “every god damned flake in the law school signed up for my class.”
Tunica County Democratic Executive Committee v. Craig Jones and William Pegram – election contest – The Tunica County Democratic Executive Committee decided that Craig Jones was not qualified to run for the position of county supervisor. Jones appealed and the court found that Jones was qualified to be a candidate, overruled the decision of the TCDEC,…
Edward Parker Eldridge v. State of Mississippi – right to trespass instruction in burglary trial – Eldridge was convicted of burglarizing a beach cottage in Biloxi and sentenced to 20 years with 12 suspended. Charles Flowers came home and found his house broken into. A few days later it appeared to have been entered again…
At 1:30 the Court will hear the case of the Mississippi Judicial Performance Commission v. Judge Gay Polk-Payton Another justice court judge case. Polk-Payton sits in Forrest County. According to the MJP brief, The crux of the behavior on which the Formal Complaint was filed is promotion of personal business ventures and behavior which is…
At 1:30 the Mississippi Supreme Court will hear the case of Ernest Lane, III, as Executor of the Estate of James Oldrum Smith and Limestone Products v. Ronald Lampkin This is a corporate dissolution that has been kicking around the courts for a while – Smith died in 2006. Ronnie Lampkin and J.O. Smith were…
Marc B. Daniels, Sandra Daniels, Crocker & Associates, Inc. f/k/a D & D Environmental, Inc. and Maxx Investments, LLC v. J. Dennis Crocker, Gail Crocker, Crocker, LTD., A South Carolina Corporation and Generational Equity, LLC – fraud in sale of assets – In 2011, the Danielses entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with the Crockers to…
At 10:00 the Court of Appeals will hear the case of Gregory Tyler Moore v. State of Mississippi. Twenty-one year old Moore was charged with multiple counts of automobile burglary and burglary of a dwelling in Rankin County. According to Moore, he met with his attorney three times. Moore was first offered that if he…
