Jones v. State

I think the majority opinion is manifestly in conflict with the ruling of this court in the case of City of Jackson v. Belew, 110 Miss. 243, 70 So. 346, and, for that reason, as well as for others, is erroneous. That case is not overruled by the majority opinion, nor is it even mentioned therein so far as I have been able to discover. Surely this is unusual. I respectfully invite a reading of the City of Jackson v. Belew case, which I think is sound. However, whether it is sound or not, it should be followed, or overruled in an orderly manner.

The majority opinion, as I see it, is a piece of…