I have confirmed that Ashley Ogden will not be facing local mediator and Jackson city councilman Jeff Weill in the upcoming race for retiring Hinds County Circuit Judge Swan Yerger's seat. Ogden will sit the race out and continue his efforts to fight crime in Jackson.
The filing deadline is May 7th. We'll be waiting to see if Weill draws an opponent.
Showing posts with label Judge Yerger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judge Yerger. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Who's running for Judge Swan Yerger's seat?
Philip Thomas has an article up on a rumor I've been hearing for a few weeks. In short, Ashley Ogden had been indicating that he would run for the post being vacated by Judge Swan Yerger this year. But recently, word had been making its way around the legal community that Ogden would sit this race out.
That leaves Jackson City Councilman Jeff Weil (R) as the only declared candidate. Surely another candidate will step forward. People not pleased with Weil as a candidate for Yerger's seat will undoubtedly be disappointed that Ogden waited until so late in the game to make a decision.
Which brings us to the title of the post: Who's running for Judge Swan Yerger's seat? We know Weil's in, but outside of that, I haven't heard a whisper. Anyone hear anything?
That leaves Jackson City Councilman Jeff Weil (R) as the only declared candidate. Surely another candidate will step forward. People not pleased with Weil as a candidate for Yerger's seat will undoubtedly be disappointed that Ogden waited until so late in the game to make a decision.
Which brings us to the title of the post: Who's running for Judge Swan Yerger's seat? We know Weil's in, but outside of that, I haven't heard a whisper. Anyone hear anything?
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Back from vacation odds and ends...
I'm back from vacation, and am trying to catch up on a few things. Here's what's on my radar blog-wise:
1. Casey Ann mentioned a problem with the button used to write Jim and I a message. I tested it, and it's not working for me either. I'll try to figure that out ASAP.
2. Judge Yerger sentenced Justin Larun Lomax to 75 years in prison yesterday for three counts of house burglary. The maximum sentence for each count was 25 years, so he got the max on all three. Mr. Lomax, 19, had entered an "open" plea, meaning he pled guilty without a recommendation from the DA with respect to sentencing. Mr. Lomax also pled guilty to another house burglary and an aggravated assault. He had also been charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling, possession of a stolen firearm, and possession of a stolen firearm while in the commission of a crime in connection with the house burglary and aggravated assault, but those three charges have been remanded. Judge Hilburn will sentence Mr. Lomax tomorrow on the house burglary and aggravated assault. Lomax pled open on those as well. By my calculations, the 19 year-old Lomax will not be eligible for release until somewhere north of his 55th birthday. Ouch.
3. Alan Michael Rubenstein of Marrero, LA, was resentenced to life without parole after the Mississippi Supreme Court, in 2006, overturned a death penalty sentence handed down by a Pike County jury in 2000. It was a heinous case, but the language of the statute altering the sentencing options on capital murder cases was fairly clear at the time. The MSSC sent the case back for resentencing because the jury had not been given the option of life without parole, despite a 1994 amendment to the statute that clearly provided for that option, regardless of when the crime itself occurred. Here's a link to the MSSC's opinion. (Easley wrote the dissent, of course.)
4. There's been no docket entry in Leisha Jane Pickering v. Elizabeth Creekmore Byrd since the deposition subpoenas were issued back on July 23, 2009.
1. Casey Ann mentioned a problem with the button used to write Jim and I a message. I tested it, and it's not working for me either. I'll try to figure that out ASAP.
2. Judge Yerger sentenced Justin Larun Lomax to 75 years in prison yesterday for three counts of house burglary. The maximum sentence for each count was 25 years, so he got the max on all three. Mr. Lomax, 19, had entered an "open" plea, meaning he pled guilty without a recommendation from the DA with respect to sentencing. Mr. Lomax also pled guilty to another house burglary and an aggravated assault. He had also been charged with shooting into an occupied dwelling, possession of a stolen firearm, and possession of a stolen firearm while in the commission of a crime in connection with the house burglary and aggravated assault, but those three charges have been remanded. Judge Hilburn will sentence Mr. Lomax tomorrow on the house burglary and aggravated assault. Lomax pled open on those as well. By my calculations, the 19 year-old Lomax will not be eligible for release until somewhere north of his 55th birthday. Ouch.
3. Alan Michael Rubenstein of Marrero, LA, was resentenced to life without parole after the Mississippi Supreme Court, in 2006, overturned a death penalty sentence handed down by a Pike County jury in 2000. It was a heinous case, but the language of the statute altering the sentencing options on capital murder cases was fairly clear at the time. The MSSC sent the case back for resentencing because the jury had not been given the option of life without parole, despite a 1994 amendment to the statute that clearly provided for that option, regardless of when the crime itself occurred. Here's a link to the MSSC's opinion. (Easley wrote the dissent, of course.)
4. There's been no docket entry in Leisha Jane Pickering v. Elizabeth Creekmore Byrd since the deposition subpoenas were issued back on July 23, 2009.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Follow up to the grand jury subpoena question from earlier
Judge Yerger addressed this issue in State v. Sharrod Moore. Here's the Motion to Quash Grand Jury Subpoena from Chuck Mullins on behalf of Mr. Moore, and Judge Yerger's Order Granting Defendant's Motion to Quash Grand Jury Subpoena.
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