Saturday Evening Post will become a recurring feature on SRHS Watch. This is where we take a walk down memory lane to look at the history of corruption in the state and along the Gulf Coast. Today SRHS Watch features a piece on disgraced District Judge Walter Nixon, Jr. click the image below to read […]
Judge Hilburn, who had been a law school classmate of mine, proceeded to break the news that he was appointing me and another Jackson lawyer, Merrida (Buddy) Coxwell, to defend Byron De La Beckwith, the indigent defendant in the resurrection of an infamous but unresolved murder case from Mississippi’s violent passage through the Civil Rights
Can’t you just imagine a partner taking his associate along for a ride down to the judge’s chambers? Share some coffee, rehash the National Championship game, talk about how Ole Miss beat Alabama in the regular season, and crack a few jokes. A few taps on an iPad later and those pesky cases just got
An attendee at today’s JCBOS meeting sends in some rough notes taken during Randy Bosarge and Ken Taylor’s questioning of Mr. Guice. We are informed that Mr. Taylor was thorough in his examination of Mr. Guice and that the questions and answers ranged beyond what is presented below. We are grateful to the various contributors
It’s flying everywhere. Round up time. Over in Ocean Springs it’s John McKay day, which is appropriate as his legacy on the SRHS Board of Trustees just ended and Scott Walker got out of jail. The Mississippi Pravda reached peak kiss-ass today, but what else did you expect? A new lawsuit filed in federal court
When Singing River voted to terminate the pension plan, that vote also contemplated setting up a new plan. The new pension plan would have: Paid a fixed percentage average compensation multiplied by years of credited service Credited service would stop at the date of the “hard freeze” No “cost of living” increases or adjustments No
Billy Guice entered Singletary’s office at 2:26 p.m. Guice is alone with Singletary for 52 minutes until 3:18 p.m. when Scott Taylor arrives. 2:26 Billy Guice arrives 3:18 Scott Taylor arrives 3:24 Jim Reeves & Matt Mestayer arrive 3:27 Kelly Sessoms & Brett Williams arrive 3:28 Breland Hilburn arrives 3:37 Steve Simpson arrives 4:04 Everyone
Editor’s note: A local attorney who is not involved in any SRHS litigation has written to share his/her opinion after viewing the video and reading the motion filed by Barton and Denham. I will use no falsehood nor delay any person’s cause for lucre or malice…. Miss. Code 73-3-35 (Oath of Miss. attorneys taken upon
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Attorneys Harvey Barton and Earl Denham have filed a motion with the Mississippi Supreme Court asking for an emergency hearing on their cases in the Singing River pension matter. Barton and Denham point to video of a secret meeting by the judges in the case and attorneys from SRHS and for other plaintiffs. The motion
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