REED v. EVANS

No. 49075.

342 So.2d 290 (1976)

Jack K. REED, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary v. Monroe H. EVANS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by James M. Ward, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellant.

Ronald Reid Welch, Herman (Tex) Wilson, Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, SMITH and WALKER, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court.

The State of Mississippi appeals from the action of the Circuit Court of Sunflower County which would have required payment to appellee, Monroe Harold Evans, of $314.66 from State funds.

In 1973, while Evans was an inmate of Camp 8 of the penitentiary at Parchman, Camp 8 was made a "close confinement camp" under special rules and regulations. A "shakedown" of the Camp followed, in the course of which all personal property of...

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