Turner appeals DEC decision to remove him from ballot
Would-be District 5 supervisor candidate Marty Turner is appealing the Lowndes County Democratic Executive Committee’s decision to exclude him from the Aug. 4 primary ballot.
Miss. appeals blocked abortion law to Supreme Court
Mississippi is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it enforce an abortion law that had been declared unconstitutional by a lower court.
Manning wins new trial in Starkville slayings
A Mississippi death row inmate has won a new trial after the state Supreme Court found Starkville Police Department investigators withheld evidence from prosecutors and defense attorneys that showed a key state witness lied.
City appeals Ethics Commission final order
The city of Columbus has filed an appeal of the Mississippi Ethics Commission’s final order that states the mayor and council violated parts of the state’s Open Meetings Act earlier this year.
U.S. appeals court denies Pollard appeal
A federal appeals court has let stand the conviction of an Alabama woman sentenced to prison for kidnapping a girl from a Mississippi school.
Manning lawyers to Miss. high court: Witness lied
Lawyers for a Mississippi death row inmate told state Supreme Court justices Monday that he deserves a new trial.
No review of appeal over Lowndes elder abuse
The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to review the case of a Columbus nurse convicted of abusing an elderly person left in her care.
Newell wins new trial in Slab House manslaughter case
An Alabama man sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for manslaughter in a 2008 shooting death at a Mississippi bar has won a new trial from the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
Manning case back before state Supreme Court
A Mississippi death row inmate is back before the state’s high court to challenge the evidence and his lawyer’s performance during his trial in the slayings of two elderly women.
Mississippi gets extra day to file abortion appeal
Saying a Sunday lightning strike disabled its lawyers’ computers, the state of Mississippi requested and was granted an extra day to ask the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a decision that struck down a law that would have closed Mississippi’s only abortion clinic.
Man loses appeal of carjacking conviction
The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Bernard Hayes III of a carjacking at a Taco Bell drive-thru in Gulfport.
Appeals Court to hear Bryant appeal
A Noxubee County man is appealing his conviction in 2009 fatal shooting to the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
Newell appeals Slab House manslaughter conviction
An Alabama man sentenced to serve 15 years in prison for manslaughter in a 2008 shooting death at a Mississippi bar has appealed his conviction to the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
James “Chuck” Newell was sentenced in 2012 in Lowndes County Circuit Court in the slaying of Adrian Boyette.
Manning case back before Miss. Supreme Court
Attorneys for death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning are arguing again that Manning deserves a new trial for killing two sisters in 1993 in Starkville.
Death row inmate denied post-conviction appeal
The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the post-conviction arguments of death row inmate Eric Moffett.
Galloway seeks review of sentence
Mississippi death row inmate Leslie “Bo” Galloway III, convicted of raping and killing a Harrison Central High senior in 2008, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his appeal.
UAW drops appeal of defeat in vote
The United Auto Workers dropped its appeal of a worker vote against unionizing at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee, a move that the union said should put pressure on Republican politicians to quickly approve incentives the German automaker is seeking to expand its lone U.S. assembly plant.
Review denied for Starkville man’s aggravated DUI appeal
The Mississippi Supreme Court denied a review of Joshua Buckner’s 2009 drunken driving case in which he pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated DUI and one count of leaving the scene of an accident.
Court denies post-conviction appeal
The state Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a post-conviction petition of a Columbus nurse convicted of abusing a vulnerable person in her care.
Miss. Supreme Court denies appeal in 2008 slaying of Columbus city worker
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear an appeal from a Lowndes County man convicted in the death of a Columbus city employee.