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Dickinson, Jess H.
X  2003-CA-01551-SCT

Patricia A. Burr, Bascom Ray Burr, Jr. and Angela Burr Moore v. Mississippi Baptist Medical Center; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-00-1295CIV; Ruling Date: 12/23/2002; Ruling Judge: Winston Kidd; Majority Opinion: Dickinson, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellants taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Smith, C.J., Cobb, P.J., Easley, Carlson and Randolph, JJ., Concur. Graves, J., Concurs in Result Only. Waller, P.J., and Diaz, J., not participating.

John L. Johnson a/k/a Johnny L. Johnson v. State of Mississippi; Wayne Circuit Court; LC Case #: 03-036-K; Ruling Date: 09/12/2003; Ruling Judge: Robert Bailey; Majority Opinion: Graves, J. Disposition: Conviction of Sale of Cocaine within 1500 Feet of a Church and Sentence of Thirty (30) Years, without parole and with conditions, in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, together with payment of fees and costs, Affirmed. Sentence shall be served consecutively to any sentence currently imposed on appellant. Appellant shall be given credit on this sentence for time served in the Wayne County Jail from October 1, 2002 to September 19, 2003, or a total of 347 days. Wayne County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Smith, C.J., Waller and Cobb, P.JJ., Easley, Carlson, Dickinson and Randolph, JJ., Concur. Diaz, J., not participating.

Stephanie K. Stephens v. State of Mississippi; Forrest Circuit Court; LC Case #: 03-104CR; Ruling Date: 09/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Jess Dickinson; Majority Opinion: Graves, J. Disposition: Conviction of Murder and Sentence of Life Imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Affirmed. Forrest County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Smith, C.J., Waller, P.J., Easley, Carlson and Randolph, JJ., Concur. Cobb, P.J., Diaz and Dickinson, JJ., not participating.

Warren Jerome Dilworth v. State of Mississippi; Harrison Circuit Court 2nd District; LC Case #: B2402-2001-00392; Ruling Date: 02/27/2004; Ruling Judge: Kosta Vlahos; Majority Opinion: Waller, P.J. Disposition: Conviction of Murder and Sentence of Life Imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Affirmed. Harrison County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Smith, C.J., Easley, Carlson, Graves, Dickinson and Randolph, JJ., Concur. Cobb, P.J., Concurs in Result Only. Diaz, J., not participating.

Jesse Rivera v. David Breland and Rudolph Breland; Jones Chancery Court 2nd District; LC Case #: 2003-1000; Ruling Date: 09/29/2004; Ruling Judge: Franklin McKenzie, Jr.; Majority Opinion: Waller, P.J. Disposition: Per Curiam Affirmance Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Smith, C.J., Cobb, P.J., Easley, Carlson, Graves, Dickinson and Randolph, JJ., Concur. Diaz, J., not participating.

Home Insurance Company v. Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association; Rankin Circuit Court; LC Case #: 16,096; Ruling Date: 05/23/2001; Ruling Judge: John Kitchens; Disposition: Joint Motion of Appellant and Appellee for Withdrawal of Written Opinion and Affirmance of Trial Court Without Written Opinion is denied. Easley, J., would grant. Diaz, J., not participating. Order entered.

Bennie Scott Whittington and Tina S. Whittington v. Woodie L. Mason, M.D. and Hinds Urology Clinic, P.A.; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-99-479CIV; Ruling Date: 12/03/2002; Ruling Judge: W. Yerger; Majority Opinion: Dickinson, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Bennie Scott Whittington and Tina S. Whittington taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Smith, C.J., Waller and Cobb, P.JJ., Carlson and Randolph, JJ., Concur. Graves, J., Concurs in Result Only. Easley, J., Dissents Without Separate Written Opinion. Diaz, J., not participating.

Joe Earl Sweat v. State of Mississippi; Itawamba Circuit Court; LC Case #: CV03-005(F)I; Ruling Date: 04/14/2003; Ruling Judge: Paul Funderburk; Disposition: Petition for writ of certiorari filed by counsel for the State of Mississippi is granted. To Grant: Smith, C.J., Waller and Cobb, P.JJ., Easley, Carlson, Graves, Dickinson and Randolph, JJ. Not Participating: Diaz, J. Order entered.

In Re: Estate of Isaac Crutcher, Deceased: Rebecca C. Johnson v. Dorothy Dodson, Carolyn Newsom, Ozell Newsom, Diane Mason, Issac Dodson and Wallace Anderson; DeSoto Chancery Court; LC Case #: 97-2-243; Ruling Date: 12/30/2002; Ruling Judge: Dennis Baker; Disposition: Petition for writ of certiorari filed by counsel for Rebecca C. Johnson is granted. To Grant: Smith, C.J., Cobb, P.J., Carlson, Dickinson and Randolph, JJ. To Deny: Waller, P.J., Easley and Graves, JJ. Not Participating: Diaz, J. Order entered.

Koppers, Inc. f/k/a Koppers Industries, Inc., Beazer East, Inc., and Heatcraft, Inc. v. Walter Crowder, et al.; Leflore Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2002-0225; Ruling Date: 10/09/2003; Ruling Judge: Richard Smith; Consolidated with 2003-IA-02242-SCT Koppers Industries, Inc., Beazer East, Inc., and Heatcraft, Inc. v. Likisha Booker, et al.; Holmes Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2002-549; Ruling Date: 01/30/2004; Ruling Judge: Jannie Lewis; Consolidated with 2003-IA-02243-SCT Lennox International, Inc. and Heatcraft, Inc. v. Likisha Booker, et al.; Holmes Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2002-549; Ruling Date: 01/30/2004; Ruling Judge: Jannie Lewis; Consolidated with 2003-IA-02323-SCT Lennox International, Inc. and Heatcraft, Inc. v. Walter Crowder, et al.; Leflore Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2002-0225; Ruling Date: 10/09/2003; Ruling Judge: Richard Smith; Disposition: Withdrawal of Objections to Transfer of Venue, Confession of Judgment and Motion to Lift Stay filed by the Appellees/Plaintiffs is granted. The trial courts' orders denying defendants' motions to transfer venue are vacated. Case Nos. 2003-IA-02323-SCT and 2003-IA-02327 are remanded to the Leflore County Circuit Court for severance and transfer to the Grenada County Circuit Court. Case Nos. 2003-IA-02242-SCT and 2003-IA-02243-SCT are remanded to the Holmes County Circuit Court for severance and transfer to the Grenada County Circuit Court. The respective stays of these cases in the circuit courts are hereby lifted. Costs are assessed to the appellees. Diaz, J., not participating. Cobb, P.J., for the Court. Order entered.

Stephanie K. Stephens v. State of Mississippi; Forrest Circuit Court; LC Case #: 03-104CR; Ruling Date: 09/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Jess Dickinson; Disposition: Appellant's Motion to Supplement the Record is granted. Diaz and Dickinson, JJ., not participating. Order entered.

Omar Jackson a/k/a Omar Lance Jackson v. State of Mississippi; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 01-1-428; Ruling Date: 09/18/2003; Ruling Judge: Bobby DeLaughter; Disposition: Motion for rehearing filed by appellant is denied. Diaz, J., not participating.

Effort Alexander v. Ella Daniel; DeSoto Chancery Court; LC Case #: 00-8-1247L; Ruling Date: 08/17/2003; Ruling Judge: Percy Lynchard, Jr.; Majority Opinion: Carlson, J. Disposition: Affirmed. Appellant taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Smith, C.J., Waller and Cobb, P.JJ., Easley, Graves, Dickinson and Randolph, JJ., Concur. Diaz, J., not participating.

In Re: Kendall Blake, M.D., Jackson Bone and Joint Clinic, L.L.P. and Stuart Robinson, Jr.; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-97-1003CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02781 In Re: State of Mississippi, Mississippi Bureau of Bldg. & Real Property Mgt., Mississippi Dept. of Finance & Administration and Stuart Robinson, Jr.; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-02-541CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02783 In Re: National General Insurance Co., and Stuart Robinson, Jr., Individually; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-00-520-CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02784 In Re: Michael G. Dulske, M.D. , Capitol Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. and Stuart Robinson, Jr.; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-01-105-CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02786 In Re: James Marx, F.N.P. and Stuart Robinson, Jr., Individually, Petitioners; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-01-001311-CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02787 In Re: James D. Polk, M.D., James Marx, Nurse Practitioner, Baptist/Richland Primary Care Ctr., P.A. and Stuart Robinson, Jr.; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-02-1764CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02777-SCT In Re: Michael Dulske, M.D., Capitol Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A, and Stuart Robinson, Jr., Individually, Petitioners; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-03-407-CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Disposition: Motion for Rehearing filed by Respondents, the wrongful death beneficiaries of Harold Rogers, deceased, in Cause No. 2003-M-02787, wherein they ask for reconsideration of the Court's decision ordering the recusal of Judge Tomie Green in Cause No. 251-01-1764, Hinds County Circuit Court, First Judicial District, is dismissed as moot. Graves, J., would grant. Diaz, J., not participating. Order entered.

In Re: Kendall Blake, M.D., Jackson Bone and Joint Clinic, L.L.P. and Stuart Robinson, Jr.; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-97-1003CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02781 In Re: State of Mississippi, Mississippi Bureau of Bldg. & Real Property Mgt., Mississippi Dept. of Finance & Administration and Stuart Robinson, Jr.; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-02-541CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02783 In Re: National General Insurance Co., and Stuart Robinson, Jr., Individually; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-00-520-CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02784 In Re: Michael G. Dulske, M.D. , Capitol Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. and Stuart Robinson, Jr.; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-01-105-CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02786 In Re: James Marx, F.N.P. and Stuart Robinson, Jr., Individually, Petitioners; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-01-001311-CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02787 In Re: James D. Polk, M.D., James Marx, Nurse Practitioner, Baptist/Richland Primary Care Ctr., P.A. and Stuart Robinson, Jr.; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-02-1764CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Consolidated with 2003-M-02777-SCT In Re: Michael Dulske, M.D., Capitol Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A, and Stuart Robinson, Jr., Individually, Petitioners; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-03-407-CIV; Ruling Date: 12/15/2003; Ruling Judge: Tomie Green; Disposition: Motion for Rehearing filed by Respondent David Alexander Clein in Cause No. 2003-M-02790, wherein the respondent asks for reconsideration of the Court's decision ordering the recusal of Judge Tomie Green in Cause No. 251-97-1003, Hinds County Circuit Court, First Judicial District, is denied. Graves, J., would grant. Diaz, J., not participating. Order entered.

The Mississippi Bar v. Albert H. Turnage; LC Case #: 2003B1678; Ruling Date: 01/27/2004; Ruling Judge: Jannie Lewis; Majority Opinion: Cobb, P.J. Disposition: Albert H. Turnage is suspended from the practice of law in the State of Mississippi for four (4) months from and after the date of this opinion, and shall pay the costs of this disciplinary proceeding. Albert H. Turnage taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Smith, C.J., Waller, P.J., Carlson, Dickinson and Randolph, JJ., Concur. Easley, J., Concurs in Part and Dissents in Part Without Separate Written Opinion. Graves, J., Dissents Without Separate Written Opinion. Diaz, J., not participating.

Gary W. Pannell v. Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District; Lee Circuit Court; LC Case #: CV02-299(G)L; Ruling Date: 06/26/2003; Ruling Judge: Thomas Gardner, III; Consolidated with 2004-CC-01368-SCT Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District v. Mississippi Employment Security Commission and Gary W. Pannell; Lee Circuit Court; LC Case #: CV02-191(PF)L; Ruling Date: 06/25/2004; Ruling Judge: Paul Funderburk; Majority Opinion: Carlson, J. Disposition: Cause No. 2004-CC-00663-SCT is Affirmed. Cause No. 2004-CC-01368-SCT is Reversed and Rendered. No. 2004-CC-00663, Gary W. Pannell taxed with costs of appeal; No. 2004-CC-01368, Mississippi Employment Security Commission and Gary W. Pannell taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Smith, C.J., Waller, P.J., Dickinson and Randolph, JJ., Concur. Graves, J., Concurs in Part and Dissents in Part Without Separate Written Opinion. Easley, J., Dissents Without Separate Written Opinion. Cobb, P.J., and Diaz, J., not participating.

Barry Doleac, The Doleac Company and The Doleac Building, LLC v. Real Estate Professionals, LLC; Forrest Chancery Court; LC Case #: 02-0687-GN-D; Ruling Date: 03/22/2004; Ruling Judge: Sebe Dale, Jr.; Majority Opinion: Smith, C.J. Disposition: Reversed and Remanded. Appellee taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Waller and Cobb, P.JJ., Carlson and Dickinson, JJ., Concur. Easley, J., Concurs in Part and Dissents in Part Without Separate Written Opinion. Diaz, Graves and Randolph, JJ., not participating.

Hassel Franklin, John Lyles, Don Livingston, Jeff Clements and Jimmy Pumphrey v. Pauline Tedford, Tommy Tedford, Lora Smith, Judy Haire, Harold E. Haire, Samantha Mixon, Joshua Mixon, James R. Clark and Sandra Darlene Clarke; Calhoun Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2004-110; Ruling Date: 02/28/2005; Ruling Judge: Andrew Howorth; Disposition: Petition for Interlocutory Appeal filed by counsel for Hassel Franklin, John Lyles, Don Livingston, Jeff Clements and Jimmy Pumphrey was granted by this Court on April 8, 2005. The Court on its own motion now finds that the interlocutory appeal was improvidently granted and should be dismissed. Petition for Interlocutory Appeal is hereby dismissed as improvidently granted. All costs are assessed to the appellants. To Dismiss: Smith, C.J., Waller, P.J., Easley, Carlson and Randolph, JJ. Not Participating: Cobb, P.J., Diaz, Graves and Dickinson, JJ. Order entered.

Franklin Corporation v. Pauline Tedford, Tommy Tedford, Lora Smith, Judy Haire, Harold E. Haire, Samantha Mixon, Joshua Mixon, James R. Clark, Sandra Darlene Clark and Mid-South Adhesive, Inc.; Calhoun Circuit Court; LC Case #: C2004-110; Ruling Date: 03/17/2005; Ruling Judge: Andrew Howorth; Disposition: Petition of Franklin Corporation for Permission to Appeal Pursuant to Rule 5, M.R.A.P. is denied. To Deny: Smith, C.J., Waller, P.J., Easley, Carlson, Graves and Randolph, JJ. Not Participating: Cobb, P.J., Diaz and Dickinson, JJ. Order entered.