Dobbs v. State


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Docket Number: 2007-CT-00900-SCT
Linked Case(s): 2007-CP-00900-COA ; 2007-CP-00900-COA ; 2007-CT-00900-SCT
Supreme Court: Opinion Link
Opinion Date: 04-16-2009
Opinion Author: Carlson, P.J.
Holding: Reversed and Remanded
Additional Case Information: Judge(s) Concurring: Waller, C.J., Graves, P.J., Dickinson, Randolph, Lamar, Kitchens and Pierce, JJ.
Non Participating Judge(s): Chandler, J.
Procedural History: PCR
Nature of the Case: CIVIL - POST CONVICTION RELIEF
Writ of Certiorari: yes
Appealed from Court of Appeals
Trial Court: Date of Trial Judgment: 05-10-2007
Appealed from: MARSHALL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Judge: Andrew K. Howorth
Disposition: Dennis Dobbs submitted various filings to the Marshall County Circuit Court, which treated these filings as a motion for post-conviction relief. The circuit court denied relief, and Dobbs appealed, asserting his motions were not post-conviction motions but rather civil complaints under Title 42 of the United States Code Section 1983 (2006). The Court of Appeals affirmed.
District Attorney: Benjamin F. Creekmore
Case Number: M2006-305
Note: The opinion reverses and remands a previous judgment from the Court of Appeals. See the original COA opinion at: http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/Images/Opinions/CO48402.pdf
  Party Name: Attorney Name:   Brief(s) Available:
Appellant: DENNIS DOBBS




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Appellee: STATE OF MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL BY: STEPHANIE BRELAND WOOD  


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