Legal Opinion

Scott v. Hobbs

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided February 19, 1973No. 47310Published

1Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION TO STRIKE APPELLANT’S BRIEF AND TO DISMISS APPEAL

ROBERTSON, Justice:

Appellant, Russell E. Scott, filed a Motion to Suppress the Evidence, but misnamed it a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, Mississippi. The gist of his complaint was that certain evidence was unlawfully and illegally obtained by a search, unlawful and illegal because without probable cause, and such evidence should not have been considered by the justice of the peace conducting the preliminary hearing as a basis for binding over Scott to await the action of the grand jury.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ray v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
  2. Young v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1972

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