Legal Opinion

Bell v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided April 1, 2014No. 2012-KA-01144-COAPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Timothy Bell raises two issues in his appeal of his methamphetamine-distribution convictions. He first suggests it was inherently unfair for him to have been tried on drug charges wearing a red prison jumpsuit. But to have preserved a constitutional violation based on his trial attire, Bell would have had to have objected to wearing prison garb, which he did not. So he waived any clothing-based challenge to his two convictions.

¶ 2. Bell also contests the trial judge’s denial of the State’s request to nolle pros a drug count on which he was ultimately convicted.…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Hoops v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Rinaldi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. Burkett v. BurkettMississippi Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bell v. FisherDistrict Court, S.D. Mississippi · 2019
  2. Brandon Wayne King v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2025
  3. Jason D. Stevens a/k/a Jason Daniel Stevens a/k/a Jason Stevens v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2021
  4. Marcus Taylor v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2025

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