Legal Opinion

Petition of Williams

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided August 18, 1975No. 48240PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

RODGERS, Presiding Justice:

This is an appeal from an order issued in the Circuit Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, denying the appellant the right to expunge a grand jury report.

The final report of the January 1972 Grand Jury of Forrest County, Mississippi, contained therein certain derogatory statements and allegations concerning the release of inmates granted executive clemency by the then Governor, Honorable John Bell Williains. The verbiage of these statements is set out in the - petition to expunge.

This Court has already addressed itself to a similar issue as in this case when it…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re DavisMississippi Supreme Court · 1972

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re MooreMississippi Supreme Court · 1976

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