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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A unanimous Mississippi Supreme Court says a suburb acted improperly in rezoning property for what would be Mississippi’s first Costco store. The court on Thursday reversed a lower court ruling. It ruled that the city of Ridgeland hadn’t proved that the rezoning was justified and had illegally tailored its decision to […]
By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Supreme Court says an inmate convicted of killing a prison guard must be re-evaluated to determine whether he is too intellectually disabled for the death penalty, reopening the possibility he will be executed. In a 5-4 ruling Thursday, justices ordered a fresh evaluation of […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A north Mississippi judge must pay $5,400 after he increased penalties in favor of a landlord above what was requested, without giving a tenant a chance to fight the decision. The Mississippi Supreme Court, on a 5-4 decision Thursday, publicly reprimanded Montgomery County Justice Court Judge Keith Stokes Roberts. Justices ordered […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Supporters of a school funding initiative have lost a battle in the Mississippi Supreme Court. In a split decision Thursday, justices ruled that a Hinds County circuit judge should not have rewritten the ballot title for an alternative initiative that legislators put on the November ballot. A ballot title is a […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Lee County Justice Court Judge Rickey Thompson has been removed from office by the Mississippi Supreme Court. Thompson, a justice court judge since 2004, has until June 4 to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider. If he does not ask for a rehearing, the removal will become effective June 11. A […]
(AP) The Rev. Jeffery A. Stallworth will not have to register as a sex offender in Mississippi after his criminal record was expunged in Maryland. The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday reversed an order from a Hinds County judge who required Stallworth to register. Sex offenders are required under Mississippi law to register with the […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled arguments for April 14 in an appeal from a man convicted in the 2010 death of George County Sheriff Garry Welford. The state Court of Appeals upheld Christopher Lee Baxter’s conviction last year. Baxter and his girlfriend, Brandy Nicole Williams, were convicted in 2012 of […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear an appeal from the man convicted in the 2010 death of George County Sheriff Garry Welford. The state Court of Appeals upheld Christopher Lee Baxter’s conviction last year. Baxter and his girlfriend, Brandy Nicole Williams, were convicted in 2012 of capital murder. Each was sentenced […]