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   State Courts - Mississippi - May 31, 2007

  
Edwards v. Stevens, NO. 2007-EC-00710-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, May 31, 2007, Decided
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Overview: A candidate was not qualified to run for the house of representatives under Miss. Code Ann. § 23-15-299(7) (Supp. 2006) because he had not lived in the district for two years prior to the elections as required by Miss. Const. art. 4, § 41. Until his separation, the candidate lived in a marital house that was outside of the district.

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Foster v. State, NO. 2005-KA-01938-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, May 31, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Supreme court had previously ordered that defendant's death sentence be vacated and that defendant be resentenced to life without parole. Defendant's challenge to the applicability of Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-107 was procedurally barred, however, because defendant failed to raise issue before supreme court remanded the matter.

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King v. State, NO. 2005-DP-00419-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, May 31, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Defendant was not mentally retarded as (1) one doctor testified that he did not test retarded on IQ tests; and (2) officer testified that defendant wrote certain documents that another doctor testified that a mentally retarded person probably could not do alone. As he was not mentally retarded, his death sentence did not violate Eighth Amendment.

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Laurel Yamaha, Inc. v. Freeman, NO. 2005-IA-01605-SCT, SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI, May 31, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Parents' negligent entrustment claim was without merit because once the purchase was completed, ownership and control of the motorcycle passed to the son on April 10, 2004. The accident occurred on April 13; therefore, at the time of the accident, the son clearly owned, controlled, and was in possession of the motorcycle.

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