DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. McKNIGHT

No. 90-CC-1291.

623 So.2d 249 (1993)

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. Homer L. McKNIGHT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Dalton McBee, Jr., and Charles S. Head, James W. Younger, Jr., Jackson, for appellant.

John Booth Farese, Farese Farese & Farese, Ashland, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and BANKS and SMITH, JJ.


PRATHER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves the dismissal of Sgt. Homer L. McKnight from the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol. The Mississippi Department of Public Safety ("DPS") dismissed McKnight for committing various violations of state-agency regulations. McKnight appealed his dismissal, and a hearing officer for the Mississippi Employee Appeals Board ("MEAB") affirmed. McKnight appealed the hearing officer's affirmance...

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