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A Bogue Chitto man accused of murdering eight individuals in 2017 appeared in the Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday after filing a petition to appeal his case. Willie Cory Godbolt’s case was presented for oral arguments pertaining to his sentences to life in prison and the death sentence for the...
On September 21, 2023, the Mississippi Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of 2023 House Bill 1020, which created a new inferior court system. This new court system will operate ...
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) - An $11-an-hour officer who never graduated from the police academy isn’t a “law enforcement officer” for purposes of obtaining a probable-cause hearing over criminal charges he pepper-sprayed a youth, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled.
After a media complaint in March, Commissioners debated whether the House Republican Caucus meetings violated the Open Meetings Act. Majority says no. On Friday, the Mississippi Ethics Commission met for its regular December meeting. On the agenda was the question of whether the Mississippi House R
A divided Supreme Court of Mississippi upheld a prisoner’s sentence of life imprisonment for possession of marijuana under ...