Jones v. State

MILLS, Justice,

for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Pending his appeal from a possession of marijuana conviction, appellant Robert Lewis Jones was released on $40,-000 bail. To be released, he was required to pay a bail bondsman ten percent of the bail amount, a $4,000 fee. The Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction and we granted certiorari. This Court reversed and rendered the possession of marijuana conviction and taxed the state with the costs of appeal. Jones v. State, 693 So.2d 375 (Miss.1997). Jones then submitted his application for costs in which he listed the ten percent fee he…