Smith v. Mississippi State Bar

ROBERTSON, Justice,

for the Court:

This matter is before the Court upon the motion of the Mississippi State Bar (MSB) to docket and dismiss. That motion presents the question of whether this Court should hear an appeal by Eddie Ray Smith from a decision of the MSB Committee on Complaints dismissing Smith’s complaint against his former attorney wherein Smith had charged unprofessional conduct in the course of his (the attorney’s) representation of him (Smith). We grant the motion to docket and dismiss.

The record in this matter reflects that Petitioner Smith was formally charged with the crime of…