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By: Clarence T. "Gup" Guthrie III

Clarence T. "Gup" Guthrie III — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:22:08 +0000

Thank you for your comment. I appreciate what you’ve said, and understand it. In light of the Murray case, I always try to get the appeal filed within 30 days, if at all possible. No sense arguing about an issue when you don’t have to.

By: Joseph Rawson

Joseph Rawson — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:01:42 +0000

The URCCC is limited in scope to the county and circuit courts. The reason that it used for appeals from justice courts is due to the justice court rules of procedure directly binding the appeals process from justice court to the URCCC. Ms. Sally O’Flynn, the municipal court prosecutor for the city of Hattiesburg, has drilled me thoroughly on the lack of rules of procedure in municipal court during my attempt at discovery in that court. Since the municipal court has no rules of procedure binding it to the URCCC, the appeals process is directed by statute. The statute, 99-35-1, allows for forty days to file an appeal with the clerk. I have read through Murray v. State and understand that when there is a conflict between statutes and rules of procedure set by the supreme court, the statute becomes void. In the initial filing of an appeal from municipal court, there is no conflict between a supreme court imposed rule of procedure and the above mentioned statute. I have interpreted this to mean that the filing of an appeal to the clerk of municipal court to be directed by statute.

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