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| Edge v. State, NO. 2005-KP-00883-COA,
COURT OF APPEALS OF MISSISSIPPI, January 2, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Defendant's sentence of 20 years in prison, with 10 years to be suspended and five years of post-release probation, for one count of burglary of occupied dwelling was not grossly disproportionate where he had been involved in other domestic disturbances prior to the one in question. Defendant also admitted to chronic habit of daily marijuana usage.
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| Jackson v. State, NO. 2005-CA-01580-COA,
COURT OF APPEALS OF MISSISSIPPI, January 2, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Petitioner sought post-conviction relief following his entry of guilty pleas to armed robbery. Petitioner's claim that life sentence was improper under Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-79 was meritless because pleas were voluntarily and knowingly made and sentencing procedure using jury was explained to petitioner.
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| Shorter v. State, NO. 2005-CA-01458-COA,
COURT OF APPEALS OF MISSISSIPPI, January 2, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Post-conviction relief was denied in a case where an inmate was convicted of the sale of cocaine because the indictment satisfied Miss. Unif. Cir. & Cty. R. 7.06 when it included the date that the offense was allegedly committed. Moreover, the money received and the amount of cocaine did not have to be included in the indictment.
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| Stribling v. Stribling, NO. 2005-CA-00467-COA,
COURT OF APPEALS OF MISSISSIPPI, January 2, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Contemnor, who was found in contempt of a divorce decree, was incarcerated pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 9-5-87 and Miss. Code Ann. § 9-1-17. Chancery court did not commit manifest error or abuse discretion because chancellor chose to disbelieve contemnor when contemnor had previously understated income. Further, divorce decree was not ambiguous.
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| Turner v. State, NO. 2005-KA-00255-COA,
COURT OF APPEALS OF MISSISSIPPI, January 2, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Because false or misleading information was given to magistrate by informant, trial court had to determine whether that information had to be stricken from affidavit supporting search warrant, and whether probable cause to support warrant still existed. If not, then evidence was illegally seized and had to be suppressed, and new trial was required.
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