Legal Opinion
In Re Merrell
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1995No. 93-M-00961-SCTPublished
1Opinion of the Court
658 So.2d 50 (1995)
In re John MERRELL.
No. 93-M-00961-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi, En Banc.
June 29, 1995.
John Merrell, pro se, Parchman.
Robert Bailey, Meridian, for respondent.
En Banc.
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
SMITH, Justice, for the Court:
John Merrell, a state prisoner, filed his request with this Court for a Writ of Mandamus pursuant to Miss.Sup.Ct.R. 21(b) in response to an adverse ruling by Robert Bailey, Circuit Court Judge of Kemper County. Judge Bailey declined to place upon the trial calendar of that court a civil suit filed by Merrell.
Merrell was convicted of the murder of…
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