MERRITT v. STATE

No. 56572.

497 So.2d 811 (1986)

Nolen MERRITT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Fred Dobbins, Leakesville, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Deirdre McCrory, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and ROBERTSON and ANDERSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This case presents questions concerning the existence, in the circuit courts of this state, of the authority to hear appeals from justice courts via the ancient writ of certiorari and, if so, whether and on what bases the order of the Circuit Court here declining exercise of that authority may be disturbed in this Court upon further appeal. For the reasons explained below, we hold that the certiorari procedure was and...

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