The Mississippi Supreme Court handed down one opinion today in a criminal case along with one disbarment.
Willard v. State, 2022-KA-00339-SCT (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of possession of meth and sentencing as a habitual offender, holding that the trial court did not clearly err by striking two members of the venire for cause and that any error committed by sustaining the State’s objection to continuing a line of questioning on the contents of a hearsay report not prepared by the witness was harmless.
(9-0)
NOTE – The two potential jurors were struck for cause as a result of saying they were unwilling to convict on the testimony of a law enforcement officer alone.
Other Orders
Mississippi Bar v. Patrick, 2022-BD-01093-SCT (disbarring attorney in lieu of requested indefinite suspension)
Howell v. State, 2020-CA-00868-SCT (denying rehearing)
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