The Magnificent Seven of the Mississippi Supreme Court handed down one opinion today in a direct criminal appeal while the cert-denial machine hums along.
Williams v. State, 2024-KA-01050-SCT (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of one count of first-degree murder and four counts of aggravated assault, holding that the convictions were not against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.
(7-0: Ishee for the Court)
Other Orders
- Younger v. Southern, 2022-CT-01228-SCT (denying cert)
- Estate of Anderson: Brown v. Fitzgerald, 2023-CT-01131-SCT (denying cert)
- Mangum v. State, 2023-CT-001198-SCT (denying cert)
- Briggs v. Jackson, 2023-CT-01241-SCT (denying cert)
- McDonald v. Pruwitt, 2023-CT-01312-SCT (denying cert)
- In Re: Administrative Orders of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, 2026-AD-00001-SCT (directing the disbursement of $182,328.25, in civil legal assistance funds among the MS Center for Legal Services, MS Volunteer Lawyers Project, and North MS Rural Legal Services)
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