Below are the Mississippi Court of Appeals Decisions for the week of February 21, 2023:
Emfinger, John H., J.
X 2021-CA-00046-COA
Omar K Humphrey v. Steve Holts, Chief of Police of the City of Senatobia, and John W. Champion, District Attorney; Tate Chancery Court; LC Case #: 69CH1:20-cv-00156; Ruling Date: 12/18/2020; Ruling Judge: Vicki Daniels; Majority Opinion: Emfinger, J. Disposition: Reversed and Remanded. Appellees taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, Westbrooks, McDonald, Lawrence and McCarty, JJ., Concur. Smith, J., Concurs in Part and in the Result Without Separate Written Opinion.
Emfinger, John H., J.
X 2021-CP-01277-COA
Makenzie Baker v. State of Mississippi; Chickasaw Circuit Court 2nd District; LC Case #: 02021-36LPCR; Ruling Date: 10/22/2021; Ruling Judge: John Luther; Majority Opinion: Emfinger, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Chickasaw County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, McDonald, Lawrence, McCarty and Smith, JJ., Concur. Westbrooks, J., Concurs in Result Only Without Separate Written Opinion.
Emfinger, John H., J.
X 2022-CP-00163-COA
In the Matter of the Estate of Eric Lane Avery, Deceased: Allen Wayne Avery v. The Estate of Eric Lane Avery, Deceased, By Mark E. Norton, As Administrator/Executor; Lamar Chancery Court; LC Case #: 37CH1:21-pr-00068-SM; Ruling Date: 02/03/2022; Ruling Judge: Sheila Smallwood; Majority Opinion: Emfinger, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, Westbrooks, McDonald, Lawrence, McCarty and Smith, JJ., Concur.
Smith, Joel, J.
X 2021-CA-00218-COA
Calvin Buchanan v. Hope Federal Credit Union; Rankin Circuit Court; LC Case #: 61CI1:20-cv-00072-JR; Ruling Date: 01/28/2021; Ruling Judge: Steve Ratcliff, III; Majority Opinion: Smith, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee and Lawrence, JJ., Concur. McCarty, J., Concurs in Part and in the Result Without Separate Written Opinion. Westbrooks, J., Concurs in Result Only Without Separate Written Opinion. McDonald, J., Concurs in Part and Dissents in Part Without Separate Written Opinion. Emfinger, J., Not Participating.
McCarty, David Neil, J.
X 2021-CA-01001-COA
Babette Maxwell, Individually and as Executrix of the Estates of William Irwin, Deceased, and Lynda Irwin, Deceased, and for and on Behalf of the Wrongful Death Beneficiaries of William Irwin, Deceased, and Lynda Irwin, Deceased v. Panola County, Mississippi; Panola Circuit Court 2nd District; LC Case #: CV2015-257SMP2; Ruling Date: 07/28/2021; Ruling Judge: Smith Murphey; Majority Opinion: McCarty, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, Westbrooks, Lawrence, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur. McDonald, J., Concurs in Result Only Without Separate Written Opinion.
Wilson, Jack L., P.J.
X 2021-CP-01069-COA
Alexander Buchanan v. State of Mississippi; Lee Circuit Court; LC Case #: 1:10-cr-00069; Ruling Date: 03/24/2021; Ruling Judge: Paul Funderburk; Majority Opinion: Wilson, P.J. Disposition: Affirmed. Lee County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton, P.J., Greenlee, Westbrooks, McDonald, Lawrence, McCarty, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur.
EN BANC
2021-CA-00233-COA
Harold Arrington v. Justin Anderson; Lee Circuit Court; LC Case #: CV20-022(KM)L&CV20025(KM); Ruling Date: 11/10/2020; Ruling Judge: Kelly Mims; Disposition: The motion for rehearing is denied.
EN BANC
2021-CP-00410-COA
Cornelius Belmer v. State of Mississippi; Leake Circuit Court; LC Case #: 20-CV-216-LE-BB; Ruling Date: 10/21/2020; Ruling Judge: Brian Burns; Disposition: The motion for rehearing is denied.
EN BANC
XX 2021-CA-00789-COA
The Estate of Charles James Bell, Jr. v. The Estate of Sarah Dell Mann Bell, Nita Jean Simpson Henry, Lidell Mann Simpson, James Robert Henry, in his Capacity as Trustee of the Dell Mann Trust #1, and Dell Mann Properties, LLC; Montgomery Chancery Court; LC Case #: 49CH1:17-cv-00073; Ruling Date: 06/14/2021; Ruling Judge: Vicki Daniels; Majority Opinion: Greenlee, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Carlton, P.J., Lawrence, McCarty, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur. Wilson, P.J., Concurs in Part and in the Result Without Separate Written Opinion. McDonald, J., Dissents With Separate Written Opinion, Joined by Barnes, C.J., and Westbrooks, J. Dissenting Opinion: McDonald, J. Votes: Barnes, C.J., and Westbrooks, J., Join This Opinion.
EN BANC
2021-CP-00930-COA
Virgil L. Jarvis a/k/a Virgil Lamont Jarvis a/k/a Virgil Jarvis v. State of Mississippi; Pearl River Circuit Court; LC Case #: 55CI1:20-cv-00037-CM; Ruling Date: 07/23/2021; Ruling Judge: Claiborne McDonald; Disposition: The motion for rehearing is denied.
