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   State Courts - Mississippi - April 5, 2007

  
Carter v. State, NO. 2005-KA-01589-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, April 5, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Appellant was properly sentenced per Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-81 as a habitual offender following an attempted burglary conviction per Miss. Code Ann. § 97-17-23 as the trial court did not err, after analyzing them under Miss. R. Evid. 403, in admitting his prior felony convictions; they were allowed by Miss. R. Evid. 404(b) as intent was in issue.

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Ford Motor Co. v. Tennin, NO. 2003-IA-02546-SCT consolidated with NO. 2003-IA-02547-SCT consolidated with NO. 2003-CA-02601-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, April 5, 2007, Decided
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Overview: While the trial court's frustration with the discovery process was understandable, the ordering of a new trial after a unanimous jury verdict for vehicle manufacturer, based on a perceived violation of court orders which were never placed of record, was an abuse of discretion as was the award of more than $ 200,000 in attorney's fees and expenses.

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Gregory v. Cent. Sec. Life Ins. Co., NO. 2005-CA-01825-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, April 5, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Insured couple's claims against the life insurance company which purchased the assets of insolvent insurer from whom they had purchased their policies failed as the company, under the agreement for assumption reinsurance and Miss. Code Ann. §§ 83-23-203, -205, and 83-23-231, assumed no liability caused by any alleged fraudulent misrepresentations.

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In re City of Brookhaven, NO. 2004-AN-01641-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, April 5, 2007, Decided
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Overview: A city's proposed annexation, viewed through the lens of totality, was reasonable under Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-33 because, in addition to indicia of reasonableness that objectors had conceded, it had, for all intents and purposes, long been providing many services to portions of the proposed annexation area, and annexation power was legislative.

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Wright v. State, NO. 2005-KA-01729-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, April 5, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Where the prosecutor in no way, either directly or inferentially, put a negative spin on the fact that defendant exercised his constitutional right not to testify, but merely addressed defendant's failure to present any case at all, the prosecutor did not violate Miss. Const. art. 3, § 26, or U.S. Const. amend. V in her closing arguments.

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