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The county courts call a grand jury only three times a year, so defendants have long waits in between. At the time of indictment, the Scott County judges pick the public defender for each defendant, creating a conflict of interest. The ACLU notes that similar abuses exist in other Mississippi county court systems. [18]
Courts of Mississippi include: State courts of Mississippi. Supreme Court of Mississippi [1] Mississippi Court of Appeals [2] Mississippi Chancery Courts [3] Mississippi Circuit Courts (22 circuits) [4] Mississippi County Courts [5] Mississippi Justice Courts [6] Mississippi Municipal Courts [7] Mississippi Drug Courts [8] Mississippi Youth ...
Justice: Began service: Ended service: Post: Notes William L. Sharkey: 1832: 1850: District 1, Post 1 [3]: Chief Justice, 1833–1851 Cotesworth P. Smith: 1832 1840 1850
The Supreme Court of Mississippi is the highest court in the state of Mississippi. It was established in 1818 per the terms of the first constitution of the state and was known as the High Court of Errors and Appeals from 1832 to 1869. The court is an appellate court. The court consists of nine justices elected in nonpartisan contests from ...
Joshua G. Clarke (1780–1828), Mississippi Supreme Court Justice and 1st Chancellor of the Mississippi Chancery Courts: 15,228: 693.4 sq mi (1,796 km 2) Clay County: 025: West Point: CL: 1871: Formed from Chickasaw, Lowndes, Monroe and Oktibbeha Counties as Colfax County [a] Henry Clay (1777–1852), 9th U.S. Secretary of State and U.S ...
Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
Rickey Thompson: [16] First African American male judge in Lee County, Mississippi; Rod Hickman: [17] First African American male to serve as the County Attorney of Noxubee County, Mississippi (2019) John Wilchie: [18] First African American male to serve as a Justice Court Judge in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi
On April 23, 2004, Gov. Haley Barbour appointed Randolph to the Mississippi Supreme Court to serve the unexpired term of former Chief Justice Edwin L. Pittman. [5] In November 2004, Randolph was elected to the Supreme Court for an eight-year term that began January 1, 2005. He was reelected in 2012 and 2020. [2]