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  2012-CT-00147-SCT

Natchez-Adams School District v. Tina Bruce; Adams Circuit Court; LC Case #: 09-KV-0114-S; Ruling Date: 10/20/2011; Ruling Judge: Lillie Sanders; Disposition: The Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Appellant Natchez-Adams School District is denied. To Deny: Waller, C.J., Dickinson and Randolph, P.JJ., Kitchens, Chandler, King and Coleman, JJ. To Grant: Pierce, J. Not Participating: Lamar, J. Order entered.

David Dickerson v. State of Mississippi; Copiah Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2011-0049CR; Ruling Date: 07/25/2012; Ruling Judge: Lamar Pickard; Majority Opinion: Coleman, J. Disposition: Count I: Conviction of Capital Murder and Sentence of Death, Affirmed. Count II: Conviction of Arson and Sentence of Twenty (20) Years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Affirmed. Count III: Conviction of Armed Robbery and Sentence of Forty (40) Years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Affirmed. The Sentences in Count II and Count III are to run consecutively to each other. Copiah County taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Waller, C.J., Randolph, P.J., Lamar, Chandler and Pierce, JJ., Concur. Randolph, P.J., Specially Concurs With Separate Written Opinion Joined by Waller, C.J., Lamar, Chandler, Pierce and Coleman, JJ. Dickinson, P.J., Concurs In Part and Dissents In Part With Separate Written Opinion Joined by Kitchens and King, JJ.; Chandler, J., Joins In Part. Specially Concurring Opinion: Randolph, P.J. Votes: Waller, C.J., Lamar, Chandler, Pierce and Coleman, JJ., Join This Opinion. Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part Opinion: Dickinson, P.J. Votes: Kitchens and King, JJ., Join This Opinion. Chandler, J., Joins This Opinion in Part.

Nekole Bennett, Individually; B.J. by and through her Mother and Next Friend Nekole Bennett; D.B. by and through his Mother and Next Friend Nekole Bennett; and A.B. by and through her Mother and Next Friend Nekole Bennett v. Highland Park Apartments, LLC and Sharon Sampson, Individually; Hinds Circuit Court 1st District; LC Case #: 251-10-122-CIV; Ruling Date: 09/19/2012; Ruling Judge: Jeff Weill, Sr.; Disposition: The Notice of Withdrawal of Emergency Motion for Enforcement of Stay filed by Sharon Sampson and Highland Park Apartments Emergency, LLC, is granted. The Emergency Motion for Enforcement of Stay filed by Sharon Sampson and Highland Park Apartments, LLC, is dismissed upon entry of this order. Waller, C.J., not participating. Order entered.

SKL Investments, Inc. v. Natalie T. Hardin and Leslie B. Torrence; Lafayette Chancery Court; LC Case #: 2010-470(R); Ruling Date: 05/29/2013; Ruling Judge: Glenn Alderson; Disposition: The Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by counsel for SKL Investments, Inc., is denied. To Deny: Waller, C.J., Dickinson, P.J., Lamar, Kitchens, Chandler, Pierce, King and Coleman, JJ. To Grant: Randolph, P.J. Order entered.

In the Matter of the Estate of Louis S. Pannagl, Jr., Deceased: Louis Curt Pannagl and Sammi Paula Pannagl Spence v. David Lambert and Mark Holmes; Pike Chancery Court; LC Case #: 2011-0475; Ruling Date: 06/24/2013; Ruling Judge: Debbra Halford; Disposition: The Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by David Lambert and Mark Holmes is denied. To Deny: Waller, C.J., Randolph, P.J., Lamar, Kitchens, Chandler, Pierce, King and Coleman, JJ. To Grant: Dickinson, P.J. Order entered.

Earl Lee Wright a/k/a Earl L. Wright a/k/a Earl Wright v. Ronald King; Greene Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2013-053(1); Ruling Date: 07/11/2013; Ruling Judge: Robert Krebs; Disposition: The Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Earl Lee Wright is dismissed. Order entered.

Clayton John Hickey v. Melissa Crenshaw Hickey; DeSoto Chancery Court; LC Case #: 11-CV-2018; Ruling Date: 08/27/2013; Ruling Judge: Mitchell Lundy, Jr.; Disposition: The Petition for Writ of Certiorari filed by Clayton Hickey is denied. To Deny: All Justices. Order entered.

Bobby Batiste a/k/a Bobby L. Batiste a/k/a Bobby L. Batiste, Jr. a/k/a Bobby Lionel Batiste, Jr. a/k/a Bobby Lionel Batiste v. State of Mississippi; Oktibbeha Circuit Court; LC Case #: 2008-0149-CR; Ruling Date: 05/16/2013; Ruling Judge: James Kitchens, Jr.; Disposition: Bobby Batiste's Motion to Seal Documents is denied. The documents on file as an exhibit to Batiste's Supplement to Petitioner's Motion for Leave to Proceed in the Trial Court with a Petition for Post-Conviction Relief are hereby unsealed. To Deny: Waller, C.J., Dickinson and Randolph, P.JJ., Lamar, Chandler, Pierce and Coleman, JJ. To Grant: Kitchens and King, JJ. Order entered.

Mack Arthur King v. State of Mississippi; Lowndes Circuit Court; LC Case #: 6716; Ruling Date: 02/27/2014; Ruling Judge: Lee Coleman; Majority Opinion: Lamar, J. Disposition: Vacated and Remanded. Appellee taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Waller, C.J., Dickinson and Randolph, P.JJ., Kitchens, Chandler, Pierce, King and Coleman, JJ., Concur.

Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Talmadge D. Littlejohn; LC Case #: 2012-215; Ruling Date: 08/20/2014; Ruling Judge: H. Clark, II; Majority Opinion: Dickinson, P.J. Disposition: Union County Chancery Court Judge Talmadge D. Littlejohn shall be suspended from office for a period of thirty (30) days without pay, effective on the date of issuance of this Court's mandate, publicly reprimanded, fined $1,000 and assessed costs of $1,606.47. The public reprimand shall be read in open court by the presiding judge of the Union County Circuit Court on the first day of the next term of that court in which a jury venire is present after the issuance of this Court's mandate, with Judge Littlejohn in attendance. Appellee taxed with costs of appeal. Votes: Waller, C.J., Randolph, P.J., Lamar, King and Coleman, JJ., Concur. Kitchens, J., Concurs in Part and Dissents in Part With Separate Written Opinion Joined by Chandler, J. Chandler, J., Concurs in Part and Dissents in Part With Separate Written Opinion Joined by Pierce, J.; Kitchens, J., Joins In Part. Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part Opinion: Kitchens, J. Votes: Chandler, J., Join This Opinion. Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part Opinion: Chandler, J. Votes: Pierce, J., Joins This Opinion. Kitchens, J., Joins This Opinion in Part.