Skip to content

News

News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 14, 2016

Former MDOC Commissioner Epps seeks delay in sentencing

Report: $300 million contract loss due to Epps Epps’ attorney, John Colette, said in court papers he is seeking the delay to further study the pre-sentencing report, which determines the recommended guideline range for sentences. The more the loss involved in such a crime usually results in a longer sentence recommendation. “Undersigned has recently received…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 14, 2016

MS Senate committee hears Sojourner challenge with McDaniel waiting in the wings

Senate panel hears Sojourner challenge of loss to Dearing But Brad Pigott, attorney for Dearing, appeared to stump or fluster Sojourner a couple of times in his cross examination, when he asked her for nitty gritty evidence that the election should be overturned. “I’m not asking you what you can’t prove,” Pigott said in one…