Coleman v. State

482 So.2d 221 (1986)

Edwin COLEMAN

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56075.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 8, 1986.

Cynthia J. Russell, Carnathan, Malski & Ford, Amory, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen., by John H. Emfinger, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.

PRATHER, Justice, for the Court:

This case is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Alcorn County, Mississippi, wherein the defendant/appellant, Sheriff Edwin Coleman, was convicted of constructive or indirect criminal contempt of court for failure to incarcerate a felon…