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MAUNEY v. STATE EX REL. MOORE

No. 96-CA-01152-SCT.

707 So.2d 1093 (1998)

Gary W. MAUNEY v. STATE of Mississippi, ex rel. Mike MOORE, Attorney General; and Jim Hood, District Attorney for the Third Circuit Court District of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Fortier, B. Sean Akins, Fortier & Akins, Ripley, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Robert E. Sanders, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

Before SULLIVAN, P.J., and BANKS and MILLS, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Gary Mauney was elected Sheriff of Tippah County on November 7, 1995. In his Qualifying Statement of Intent for Candidate for Party Nomination, Mauney indicated that he had never been convicted of a "crime punishable by confinement in the Penitentiary." On June 21, 1996, the State filed an action in quo warranto in the Circuit Court of Tippah County to have Sheriff Mauney removed from office. The State alleged...

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