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BURNETT v. HINDS COUNTY

No. 2018-CA-00547-SCT.

313 So.3d 471 (2020)

Murphy BURNETT v. HINDS COUNTY, Mississippi, BY AND THROUGH its BOARD OF SUPERVISORS; Hinds County Sheriff's Department; Sheriff Tyrone Lewis, Officially and in His Individual Capacity; The State of Mississippi, ex rel., The Office of the District Attorney for the Seventh Circuit Court District; The City of Jackson, Mississippi; Sergeant Patricia Wilder, in Her Official and Individual Capacity; and Sergeant Cedric Myles, in His Official and Individual Capacity.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 1, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT: CHUCK McRAE , BRADLEY S. CLANTON , DREW McLEMORE MARTIN.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES: JASON EDWARD DARE , LASHUNDRA JACKSON-WINTERS , ROBERT E. SANDERS , Jackson, J. LAWSON HESTER.

BEFORE KING, P.J., COLEMAN AND BEAM, JJ.

¶1. Murphy Burnett was arrested and detained for several years. The State eventually moved to nolle prosequi its criminal case against Burnett, and he was released from detention. Burnett filed suit against several governmental entities based on torts connected to his arrest, prosecution, and detention...

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