Tag: Mississippi Courthouses

Double Issue: Mississippi Supreme Court Decisions of May 7 and May 14, 2026

I was tied up last week and had to let the blogging slip. The Mississippi Supreme Court has made the task of catching-up on their column easier with just one opinion over the last two weeks.

Bonus Content: The Attala County Courthouse looking great this morning.

May 7, 2026

Pryor v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc., 2025-CP-00354-SCT (Civil – Torts)
Affirming dismissal of a suit for emotional distress and malicious prosecution, holding that the statute of limitations began to run on the emotional distress claim when the alleged injury occurred and was not tolled until he was diagnosed with heart palpitations were diagnosed and the statute of limitations began to run on the malicious prosecution claim began to run when the charges were retired to the file not when the record was expunged.
(6-1-0: Coleman for the Court; King concurred in result only without writing)

Other Orders

  • Saddler v. State, 2024-CT-00099-SCT (denying cert)
  • Moody v. State, 2024-CT-00407-SCT (denying cert)
  • North Sunflower Medical Center v. Keith, 2026-M-00135-SCT (denying interloc)

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May 14, 2026

No opinions.

Other Orders

  • In Re: Rules Governing Admission to The Mississippi Bar, 89-R-99012-SCT (appointing Matthew A. Baldridge to succeed Anthony R. Simon, deceased, as a member of the Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions for the balance of the term expiring on October 31, 2026)
  • Bird v. Ladner, 2024-CT_00245-SCT (granting cert)
  • Hodge v. Hodge, 2024-CT-00745-SCT (denying cert)
  • Roley v. Roley, 2024-CT-01004-SCT (denying cert)

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Mississippi Court of Appeals Decisions of September 24, 2024

The Mississippi Court of Appeals handed down four opinions today. Three are PCR cases and the other is a direct criminal appeal.

Walker v. State, 2023-CP-00787-COA (Civil – PCR)
Affirming dismissal of a PCR motion, holding that the trial court properly dismissed the motion for failure to first seek relief through MDOC’s ARP regarding the calculation of a sentence.
(9-0)

Farris v. State, 2023-CP-00845-COA (Civil – PCR)
Affirming denial of PCR motion, holding that the trial court did not err in finding that the trial court did not err with regarding to sentence enhancements and that there was no prejudice in the trial court no recusing sua sponte such that there was a reversible abuse of discretion.
(9-0)

Ward v. State, 2023-CA-00378-COA (Civil – PCR)
Affirming denial of PCR motion, holding that the trial court did not err in finding that the motion was time barred by the UPCCRA.
(7-1-0: Westbrooks concurred in result only without writing; Emfinger did not participate.)

Simmons v. State, 2023-KA-00518-COA (Criminal – Felony)
Affirming conviction of second-degree murder, holding that the trial court did not err in the self-defense instructions given and that there was sufficient evidence to sustain the conviction.
(9-0)

Other Orders

  • Course v. State, 2022-KA-00760-COA (denying rehearing)
  • Holt v. State, 2023-KM-00121-COA (denying motion to correct the court’s prior opinion)
  • Hamer v. State, 2023-CP-00701-COA (denying rehearing)

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I had a hearing in Copiah County Circuit Court yesterday and that was my first time in the courthouse in Hazlehurst. It is a beautiful, three-story building with a central rotunda and a dome that is visible from the ground floor. I did not get a good picture of the courtroom, but it is circular with gallery seating wrapped-around on the ground floor and on a second-floor balcony. A great, small-town Mississippi courthouse!