Charles Webber v. State of Mississippi

¶ 16. When, as in this case, the appellee fails to file a brief,

this Court has two options. First,.-we may take the appellee’s failure to file a brief as a confession of error and reverse. This option is favored when the record is complicated or of large volume and' the ease has been thoroughly briefed by the appellant with apt and applicable citation of authority so’that ' the brief makes out an apparent case of ..error. However, if the record can be conveniently examined and such exami- • nation reveals a sound and unmistakable basis or ground'upon which .the judgment may be safely…