Mississippi Court of Appeals
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals hears and decides appeals from the various trial courts of the state. The cases the court hears are assigned to it by the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and generally relate to issues where the law is already settled, but the facts are in dispute. For this reason, it is known as an "error correction court". It hears and decides appeals on issues in which the law is already settled, but the facts are in dispute.The Supreme Court may review Court of Appeals decisions, but if the Supreme Court declines review, the decision of the Court of Appeals stands.
The court's geographic jurisdiction is divided into five districts. Some of the state's counties are divided between districts.
Judges
As of 2008, there are ten judges on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Non-partisan elections are staggered so that not all positions are up for election at one time. Court of Appeals judges serve eight-year terms.
Listed in order of seniority, the current judges are:
- Chief Judge Leslie King, District 2, Position 2.
- Presiding Judge Joseph Lee, District 4, Position 2.
- Presiding Judge William Myers, District 5, Position 1.
- Judge Tyree Irving, District 2, Position 1.
- Judge David Chandler, District 1, Position 1.
- Judge T. Kenneth Griffis, District 3, Position 2.
- Judge Donna Barnes, District 1, Position 2.
- Judge David Ishee, District 5, Position 2.
- Judge Larry Roberts, District 3, Position 1.
- Judge Virginia Carlton, District 4, Position 1.
Districts
District 1 includes the counties of Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Desoto, Grenada (split w/District 2), Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha (split w/District 3), Panola (split w/District 2), Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tallahatchie (split w/District 2), Tate, Tippah, Tishominto, Union, Webster, and Yalobusha.
The District 1 judges are David Chandler and Donna Barnes.
District 2 includes the counties of Attala (split w/District 3), Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, Grenada (split w/District 1), Hinds (split w/District 4), Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Leake (split w/District 3), Leflore, Madison (split w/District 3), Montgomery (split w/District 1), Panola (split w/District 1), Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie (split w/District 1), Tunica, Warren, Washington, and Yazoo.
The District 2 judges are Leslie King and Tyree Irving.
District 3 includes the counties of Attala (split w/District 2), Clarke, Clay, Jasper, Jones (split w/District 4), Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake (split w/District 2), Lowndes, Madison (split w/District 2), Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha (split w/District 1), Rankin, Scott, Smith, Wayne (split w/District 5) and Winston.
District 4 includes the counties of Adams, Amite, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Hinds (split w/District 2), Jefferson Davis, Jones (split w/District 3), Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Pike, Simpson, Walthall and Wilkinson.
District 5 includes the counties of Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Lamar, Pearl River, Perry, Stone, Wayne (split w/District 3).
