Mississippi First Amendment Law
<h2> <center> Gabriel Oliver v. City of Brandon, Mississippi </h2> </center>
Jackson, Mississippi, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance prohibiting street preaching near a public amphitheater. Olivier is a street preacher in Mississippi—a Christian who believes that sharing his religious views with fellow citizens is an im- portant part of exercising his faith. His vocation sometimes took him to the sidewa... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - MS)United States of America v. Patrick D. Daniels
Gulfport, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a person who “is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance." In April 2022, law-enforcement officers stopped respondent Patrick Daniels for driving without a license plate. App., infra, 2a. An officer approached the car and recognized the smell of marijuana. Ibid. A search of the ca... More...
$ (08-09-2023 - MS)Stephen Lewis v. Whitney Walley
Greenville, Mississippi, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory. Stephen Lewis sued Detective Whitney Walley under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his Fourth Amendment rights. The district court denied defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings for the Fourth Amendment search claim, thus denying Walley’s defense of qualified ... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - MS)<H2> State of Mississippi v. Stephen Spencer Pittman
Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with arson and hate crimes. Stephen Spencer Pittman, age 19, was indicted by a state grand jury on a first-degree arson charge with a hate crime enhancement.... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Daricka Moore
West Point, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with six counts of first-degree murder.... More...
$ (01-10-2026 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell
Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> his case is about whether the Second Amendment protects a habitual marijuana user from being permanently dispossessed of a firearm based on our Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation. On November 28, 2023, Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell was charged with possession of ... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - MS)United States of America v. Arnett Jackson Bonner
Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm after a felony conviction in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). <br> <br> The Defendant claimed that 922(g) violates the Second Amendment.... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Mohammad Hussam Amro, a/k/a Mohammad HG Amro </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Machine Gun </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Tate County Man Sentenced to 71 Months for Possession of a Machine Gun</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> A Tate County man was sentenced today to 71 months in prison f... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - MS)<h1> Tiffany Michelle Tilley v. John Michael Gibbs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi civil lawyer represented the Appellant with appealing from the Lowndes County Chancery Court's judgment awarding her ex-husband John Gibbs physical custody of their daughter </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> ¶2. John and Tiffany were mar... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - MS)<h1> TIFFANY MICHELLE TILLEY v. JOHN MICHAEL GIBBS </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi Domestic Relations lawyer represented the APPELLANT with appealing awarding her ex-husband John Gibbs physical custody of their daughter </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> John and Tiffany were married on April 6, 2019, in Lowndes County, Missi... More...
$0 (05-25-2025 - MS)<h1> State Mississippi v. Alfonzo Lashawn McDonald </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> The trial court sentenced McDonald as a violent habitual offender to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - MS)<h1> MARLON JOHNSON A/K/A MARVIN v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with a motion for judgment of acquittal </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> According to the victim, K.H., on the evening of November 29, 2014, she and her<br> friend K.J. went out to eat.1 At the time of th... More...
$0 (05-07-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Frederick Williams </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Greenville Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Greenville man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for distribution of fentanyl... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - MS)<h1> Lydia Martinez v. State of Mississippi </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lydia was initially indicted by a Lowndes County grand jury on one count of<br> accessory after the fact to murder. She was originally ind... More...
$0 (04-13-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio Johnson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violating Federal Firearms Laws </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Starkville Man Sentenced to Ten Years for Violating Federal Firearms Laws </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Starkville man was sentenced to 10 years in pr... More...
$0 (03-26-2025 - MS)<h1> Recardo Frazier a/k/a Recardo Randell Frazier a/k/a Ricardo Frazier v. State of Mississippi </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> State of Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder with a firearm enhancement. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Frazier owned and operated a construction company. Sometime between 2012 and<br> 2014, Ellis Pittman ... More...
$0 (03-26-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Bryson Latavion Walker </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Greenville, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Burglary of a Local Firearms Store </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Calhoun County Man Sentenced to 52 Months for Role in the Burglary of a Local Firearms Store</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Bryson Latavion... More...
$0 (03-19-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Bryant Antonio Hester </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cleveland Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Cl... More...
$0 (03-21-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Nooruddin Bhai Nasruddin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Large-Scale Phone Scams </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Illegal Alien Sentenced for Large-Scale Phone Scams</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Nooruddin Bhai Nasruddin, 52, was involved in a wire fraud conspiracy where ... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - MS)<h1> Jeremiah Patton v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing a motion for post-conviction collateral relief </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> During the July 1994 term, a Wayne County grand jury returned an indictment<br> charging Pa... More...
$0 (01-05-2025 - MS)<h1> Demarion Jones a/k/a Damarion Jones v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing arguing that the jury verdict was against the weight of the evidence. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> <br> ¶1. On October 21, 2022, a Tunica County Circuit Co... More...
$0 (01-05-2025 - MS)<h1> Charles Gandy a/k/a Charles Terrell Gandy a/k/a Charles T. Gandy v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant asserting that the verdict is contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> At trial, the State presented the testimony of Jane, her moth... More...
$0 (10-21-2024 - MS)<h1> Octavius Montego Rodas Black a/k/a Octavius Montego Black v. State of Mississippi. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder based on robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> <br> Betty Vaughans was a fifty-seven-year-old registered nurse. She owned and operated<br> a per... More...
$0 (01-16-2024 - MS)<h1> Noah Booth a/k/a Noah D. Booth a/k/a Noah Deanthony Booth v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Noah Booth was convicted of second-degree murder and<br> sentenced to serve forty years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. Booth<br> appealed. Booth's appointed appellate counse... More...
$0 (12-03-2024 - MS)<h1> James Scott Lewis a/k/a James S. Lewis v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of sexual battery, four counts of statutory rape, and one count of touching a child for lustful<br> purposes. On June 28, 2004, Lewis pled guilty to statutory rape in Count 1, sexual battery in<br> Count 4, sexual battery in Count 6, and statutory rape </font/color="red">... More...
$0 (12-03-2024 - MS)<h1> Jeremiah Patton v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The trial court summarily dismissed Patton's claim for relief pursuant to Mississippi<br> Code Annotated section 99-39-11(2) for thr... More...
$0 (11-05-2024 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Lary Levi, Jr.
<h2><br> Brookhaven, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of drugs.<br> </h2><br> Following a jury trial, Larry Levi Jr. was convicted of possession of more than two grams but less than ten grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of more than one-tenth of a gram but less than two grams of cocaine with intent to distr... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Billy Shannell Nailer, Jr.
<h2><br> Gulfport, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a habitual offender.<br> </h2><br> On June 14, 2020, Tyler Feeney and his brother Tanner were in their cousin's boat fishing on the Biloxi River. After fishing all day, at about 9 or 10 p.m., they headed in the boat to their grandmother's house to check on her and pick up some kayaks. With Tanner d... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Dylan Cahse Davis a/k/a Dylan Davis
<h2><br> Hernando, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of<br> </h2><br> <br> On the morning of June 27, 2021, around 3:00 a.m., Officer Vaughn, who was parked in the highway median, noticed Davis walking on Interstate 55 (I-55). Vaughn observed Davis was sweating and saw that Davis had a knife in his waistband. Vaughn asked Davis... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Donald Quinn a/k/a Donald Ray Quinn
<h2><br> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery.<br> </h2><br> Donald Quinn was indicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, for the sexual battery of his seventeen-year-old niece, Jane[1] which resulted in her pregnancy. Specifically, he was indicted under Mississippi Code Section 97-395(2) (... More...
$0 (12-12-2024 - MS)Nancy Gale v. Nathaniel Thomas and The City of Jackson
<h2><br> Jackson, Mississippi personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Governmental Tort Claim.<br> </h2><br> <br> . Nancy Gale suffered injuries when her automobile collided at an intersection with a City of Jackson police patrol car driven by Officer Nathaniel Thomas. Officer Thomas allegedly ran a red traffic signal. The accident occurred on April 17, 1993. Gale brought suit in th... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MS)Marshall Fisher v. Michael Drankus
<h2><br> Indianola, Mississippi criminal defense civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a case plan.<br> </h2><br> In August 2014, Drankus filed an ARP request with MDOC that he be issued a case plan pursuant to "Section 43 of House Bill 585 (2014)," prescribing that "all inmates who are eligible for parole are to be issued a case plan to guide in their rehabilitation while in the ... More...
$0 (12-08-2024 - MS)<h1> OCTAVIUS MONTEGO RODAS BLACK A/K/A OCTAVIUS MONTEGO BLACK v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Appellant with appealing, claiming he was denied a lesser-included-offense jury instruction, his defense lawyer was improperly restrained during closing arguments, and the jury should<br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Angry over his ejection from her home, a man demanded... More...
$0 (12-14-2024 - MS)<h1> JEREMIAH PATTON v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Appellant with filing a motion for post-conviction collateral relief (PCR) </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> During the July 1994 term, a Wayne County grand jury returned an indictment<br> charging Patton with ca... More...
$0 (11-05-2024 - MS)<h1> HENRY HYLAND, JR. A/K/A HENRY LEE HYLAND, JR. v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the APPELLANT charged with drive-by shooting and possession of a firearm by a felon. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> In 2008, Hyland was convicted in the Warren County Circuit Court of drive-by<br> shooting and ... More...
$0 (11-30-2024 - MS)<h1> CHARLES GANDY A/K/A CHARLES TERRELL GANDY A/K/A CHARLES T. GANDY v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of sexual battery and two counts of gratification of lust </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A Lee County Circuit Court jury convicted Charles Gandy of two counts of sexual<br> battery and two counts of gratification of lust against his adolescent st... More...
$0 (11-28-2024 - MS)<h1> ALVIN LORENZO MAZIE, SR v. DEONKA BOOZIER-MAZIE </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Civil lawyer represented the Appellee with fiing a motion to enforce the judgment and hold Alvin in contempt </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Alvin and Deonka Mazie were married on April 11, 2009. The couple separated on<br> November 30, 2020, "although they ... More...
$0 (10-08-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Damonik Robinson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Canton Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Possession of Firearm by a Convicted Felon</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Canton man was sentenc... More...
$0 (11-05-2024 - MS)Jessica Elizabeth Green McGree v. Alex Taylor McGree
<h2><br> Winona, Mississippi family law lawyers represented the husband and wife in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Alex and Jessica McGee married on March 24, 2011, and the couple had their first child in June 2011. On grounds of irreconcilable differences, the McGees divorced on July 18, 2014. The parties agreed that it was in the child's best interest that Jessica have physical custody with ... More...
$0 (10-24-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Derrick Stewart, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville , Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking guns from Mississippi to Chicago </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Illinois man sentenced to 10 years for trafficking guns from Mississippi to Chicago</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Derrick Stew... More...
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