Mississippi Court of Appeals
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court for the state of Mississippi. The court was created by the Mississippi Legislature to relieve a backlog of cases in the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and commenced operations in 1995.
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[edit] Jurisdiction
The Mississippi Court of Appeals hears and decides appeals from the various trial courts of the state. The cases the court hears are assigned to it by the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and generally concern on issues in which the law is already settled, but the facts are in dispute. The Supreme Court may review Court of Appeals decisions, but if the Supreme Court declines review, the decision of the Court of Appeals stands.
The court's geographic jurisdiction is divided into five districts. Some of the state's counties are divided between districts.[1]
[edit] Judges
As of 2008, there are ten judges on the Mississippi Court of Appeals:
- Chief Judge Leslie D. King
- Presiding Judge L. Joseph Lee
- Presiding Judge William H. Myers
- Judge Tyree Irving
- Judge David A. Chandler
- Judge T. Kenneth Griffis
- Judge Donna M. Barnes
- Judge David M. Ishee
- Judge Larry E. Roberts
- Judge Virginia C. Carlton
