Below are the Mississippi Court of Appeals Decisions for the week of March 10, 2023:
Smith, Joel, J.
X 2021-CA-01354-COA
Matthew Byron Johnson v. Laura Kay Henry Johnson; DeSoto Chancery Court; LC Case #: 17CH1:21-cv-00092; Ruling Date: 11/12/2021; Ruling Judge: Vicki Daniels; Majority Opinion: Smith, J. Disposition: Affirmed in Part; Reversed and Remanded in Part. Appellant and appellee taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, Westbrooks, McDonald, Lawrence, McCarty and Emfinger, JJ., Concur.
McCarty, David Neil, J.
X 2021-SA-01393-COA
Bobby E. Wilson v. Mississippi Department of Corrections and Gia McLeod; Sunflower Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2020-0426; Ruling Date: 11/15/2021; Ruling Judge: Margaret Carey-McCray; Majority Opinion: McCarty, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Sunflower County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, Westbrooks, McDonald, Lawrence, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur.
McCarty, David Neil, J.
X 2022-KA-00031-COA
Roderick James Hopes a/k/a Roderick Hopes v. State of Mississippi; Forrest Circuit Court; LC Case #: 18CI1:20-cr-140-1; Ruling Date: 11/22/2021; Ruling Judge: Jon Weathers; Majority Opinion: McCarty, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Forrest County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, Westbrooks, McDonald, Lawrence, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur.
McDonald, Deborah, J.
X 2021-CA-01381-COA
Antonio McDowell a/k/a Antonio P. McDowell a/k/a Isha a/k/a Tonio v. State of Mississippi; Tallahatchie Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: CV-2016-0019-SMT1; Ruling Date: 11/18/2021; Ruling Judge: James McClure, III; Majority Opinion: McDonald, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Tallahatchie County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, Westbrooks, Lawrence, McCarty, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur.
McDonald, Deborah, J.
X 2022-SA-00033-COA
Linda T. McCoy v. Mississippi Department of Revenue and Mississippi Board of Tax Appeals; Hinds Chancery Court 1st District; LC Case #: 25CH1:21-cv-01367; Ruling Date: 12/13/2021; Ruling Judge: J. Thomas; Majority Opinion: McDonald, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, Westbrooks, Lawrence, McCarty, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur.
McDonald, Deborah, J.
X 2022-CP-00302-COA
- Tabitha Hill v. Pine View Apartments; Chickasaw Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: H2022-012TJC; Ruling Date: 03/16/2022; Ruling Judge: Grady Tollison, III; Majority Opinion: McDonald, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., Greenlee, Westbrooks, Lawrence, McCarty, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur.
Westbrooks, Latrice A., J.
X 2021-CA-01071-COA
Lynne O. Catlett v. Robert Catlett, Fifth Third Mortgage Company, Underwood Law Firm PLLC and William Robert Coleman, Jr.; Rankin Chancery Court; LC Case #: 61CH1:16-cv-02342; Ruling Date: 08/20/2021; Ruling Judge: Troy Odom; Majority Opinion: Westbrooks, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton, P.J., Greenlee, McDonald, Lawrence, McCarty, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur. Wilson, P.J., Concurs in Part and in the Result Without Separate Written Opinion.
Westbrooks, Latrice A., J.
X 2021-CA-01284-COA
Leslie Smith, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marcus D. Smith v. Rosalinde Minier, as Personal Representative of The Estate of Ingeborg Steiner, and Werner Enterprises, Inc.; Jackson Circuit Court; LC Case #: 30CI1:15-cv-00153-RK; Ruling Date: 10/21/2021; Ruling Judge: Robert Krebs; Majority Opinion: Westbrooks, J. Disposition: Reversed and Remanded. Appellees taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Greenlee, McDonald, Lawrence, McCarty and Smith, JJ., Concur. Carlton and Wilson, P.JJ., and Emfinger, J., Concur in Part and in the Result Without Separate Written Opinion.
Wilson, Jack L., P.J.
X 2021-CA-00880-COA
Board of Aldermen of The Town of Tutwiler, Mississippi v. State of Mississippi, Office of the State Auditor; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 25CI1:17-cv-00322-WLK; Ruling Date: 07/21/2021; Ruling Judge: Winston Kidd; Majority Opinion: Wilson, P.J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Carlton, P.J., Greenlee, Westbrooks, Lawrence, McCarty, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur. McDonald, J., Concurs in Result Only Without Separate Written Opinion.
Carlton, Virginia Carter, P.J.
X 2021-KA-01327-COA
Felicia Barden a/k/a Felicia Cotessa Barden v. State of Mississippi; DeSoto Circuit Court; LC Case #: 17ci1:20-CR-00042-cw-1; Ruling Date: 06/16/2021; Ruling Judge: Celeste Wilson; Majority Opinion: Carlton, P.J. Disposition: Affirmed. DeSoto County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Barnes, C.J., Wilson, P.J., Greenlee, Westbrooks, McDonald, Lawrence, McCarty, Smith and Emfinger, JJ., Concur.
EN BANC
2019-KA-01890-COA
Garrick Price v. State of Mississippi; Sunflower Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2019-0029; Ruling Date: 12/18/2019; Ruling Judge: Carol White-Richard; Disposition: The motion for rehearing is denied. Westbrooks, McDonald and McCarty, JJ., would grant.
EN BANC
2021-CA-01145-COA
Parvis King v. State of Mississippi; Madison Circuit Court; LC Case #: 45CI1:21-cv-00139-JR; Ruling Date: 09/13/2021; Ruling Judge: Steve Ratcliff, III; Disposition: The motion for rehearing is denied. Emfinger, J., not participating.
