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1 Dec 2008, 3:54 pm
Toby Wayne Goss, Hinds County, Mississippi, having been convicted for mortgage-lending fraud, appealed his sentence contesting the loss calculation used in determining his sentencing range. [read post]
10 Aug 2008, 4:00 pm
A jury in Hinds County, Mississippi decided that the Illinois Central Railway must pay $1.97 million to a California couple for injuries they suffered four years ago in an Amtrak train accident in that state. [read post]
5 Jun 2008, 7:23 pm
Robert Smith, the district attorney of Hinds County, Mississippi, dismisses concerns that the death penalty is disproportionately imposed on nonwhite offenders. [read post]
23 May 2008, 9:52 am
Jeffery Stallworth's name will remain on Mississippi's sex-offender registry.The Mississippi Supreme Court, in a 5-3 ruling Thursday, upheld the decision by a Hinds County judge.Stallworth contended that his misdemeanor, fourth-degree sex conviction and sentence were removed by a judge and the crime he pleaded guilty to in Maryland would not require a person to register as a sex offender in Mississippi.Sex offenders are required under… [read post]
15 Apr 2008, 7:58 am
Three new lawsuits have been filed against Wachovia by three separate county governments — Fairfax County in Virginia, Hinds County in Mississippi, and Haywood County in Tenn. in March. [read post]
16 Mar 2008, 10:19 am
Langston pleaded guilty to a judicial bribery scheme involving Scruggs in Hinds County. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 8:41 pm
The Nagging DeLaughter Problem: Keep in mind, Law Blog Loyals, the in the midst of the situation with Judge Lackey and Scruggs, another bribery allegation emerged, one involving Hinds County Judge Bobby DeLaughter. [read post]
6 Mar 2008, 8:21 pm
  So a reader provided me with a copy of the motion filed in Hinds County March 4, and it becomes clearer. [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 12:04 am
Scruggs, in the circuit court of Hinds County, Mississippi. [read post]
10 Feb 2008, 11:01 pm
They were coming to our grand jury down in Jackson County. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 9:44 am
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8 Feb 2008, 12:08 am
I am glad John O'Brien of Legal Newsline did this story on the Wilson-Scruggs fee dispute case, the one in Hinds County where Joey Langston pleaded guilty to attempting to bribe the judge, Bobby DeLaughter, with consideration for a spot on the federal bench. [read post]
28 Jan 2008, 9:17 pm
* "The FBI is expanding its probe into Mississippi's judicial bribery scandal to examine other cases involving Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter and his former boss, longtime District Attorney Ed Peters. [read post]
22 Jan 2008, 12:06 am
Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter has denied accepting any bribes and defended his ruling in favor of Scruggs in the dispute with other lawyers over fees from asbestos litigation. [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 5:34 am
Citing a plea agreement unsealed in court documents yesterday, Ashby Jones lays out the basic facts: Lawyer Joey Langston has admitted to a role in an alleged conspiracy to funnel money and a federal judgeship to Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter to rig a ruling on attorneys' fees favoring the already-wildly-rich Scruggs. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 5:25 pm
The Clarion-Ledger reports: A Hinds County Circuit judge ruled today that Gov. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 12:44 am
A common sentiment among many of the people I have communicated with in Mississippi is hope, hope that despite the embarrassment of the ongoing investigations and revelations, a new and better future awaits. [read post]
13 Jan 2008, 7:53 am
A particularly brutal instance of this crops up in today's Clarion-Ledger piece, which reports that Scruggs in 2001 took documents obtained in discovery from Wilson, his fee-dispute opponent, and brought them to Hinds County (Jackson) district attorney Ed Peters hoping to instigate a state tax prosecution of Wilson: Later, one of Wilson's lawyers met with Peters, and [Wilson attorney Vicki] Slater said Peters told that lawyer that a "high-ranking public… [read post]
12 Jan 2008, 8:08 am
  See if you can figure it out from this excerpt:Before Robert Shuler Smith was sworn in as the new Hinds County district attorney, we noted that more state resources should be applied to Jackson/Hinds crime fighting.One Monday, after Smith was sworn in, Gov. [read post]