Larry Little, an Oxford lawyer who was district attorney here, I think for 2+ terms 80s, possibly early 90s, after Ken Coleman and before Jim Hood (and who successfully prosecuted the Hodgkin case, taking the lead himself and doing a good job of it), has entered an appearance for Judge DeLaughter. Larry is the municipal court judge here in Oxford. I think he went to Mississippi College Law School, practiced in Jackson some in the 80s and perhaps late 70s, and is a nice guy. He was local counsel for one of the Beef Plant defendants. I’ll have to say I was slightly surprised by this. Here’s the document.
Is it unusual to leave off mention of replacement counsel?
If one really needs out of a criminal case, substitution is a much surer route. The judge won’t want to leave DeLaughter “naked.”
That’s what I thought. Hm.
Speetjens was on the spot, though– If DeLaughter wouldn’t move to do something, she had to jump.
Why is Ed Peters in the Hinds County Courthouse this morning?
Wasn’t there mucho blogging about potential conflicts when she first appeared, given her long and storied relationship with Ed Peters? (She is the former Hinds County ADA, Cynthia Hewes.)
Larry Little, what a class act.
Hi and welcome, Jxn. The main courthouse, you mean? Wonder whose case he might be looking in on there.
Whereabouts in the courthouse was he, Jxn? Circuit Clerk’s office? Roaming the hallways?
Geez, the guy disappears for months on end, and now you can’t swing a cat without hitting him.
I found out what it was. Apparently, as I am told, Judge Yerger disagreed with the recommendation of the special master in the Eaton case and Yerger ruled that the case with go forward with expidited discovery.
OWIL @ 7 – Oh please do tell. I’ll pour the kawfee, you spill it, please.
DLMama, these two just go WAY back. She was Peters’ confidant, protegee and he molded her into one heck of a prosecutor. Afterward, it was no secret that his connections, in part, helped her with high paying jobs when she left the DA’s ofice and later, with big cases. Of course, she’s also one heck of a lawyer, I don’t mean to imply that she wasn’t deserving of the accomplishments, but everyone in Jackson knew how far Peters’ connections went. I just found it strange in the beginning with the “two Cynthias” apparently advising Peters and DeLaughter and which one rep’d which Defendant. I thought it spoke volumes at the time that Peters would not sing, but I was wrong about that one.
I am not a lawyer, so part of NMC’s post kind of surprised me….Judges can represent clients? Obviously not before their own court, but is there a level at which they can no longer do so?
He’s a part-time municipal judge. Full time judges have 6 months to wind up their law practice, I think.
Ah..That makes more sense. Thank you for the clarification.
OWIL – Thank you for sharing the back story there. Having left Mississippi for a number of years, there are some gaps in my knowledge as it relates to local luminaries ‘n such.
Ditto on Larry Little being a super nice guy; very pleasant to work with and appear before.
My recollection may be off here but somewhere in the back of my mind I am thinking he is former Governor William Winter’s son-in-law. Someone correct me if I’m wrong on that count.
DL Mama, just another tidbit, Cynthia’s father was the County Prosecutor in Harrison County, then a County Court Judge before his death. Her brother, Gaston, Jr., now serves as the Harrison County Court Judge. The Hewes family is a very prominent family on the Coast.
watching closely, you are confusing Larry and Guy Gillespie. Larry is Will Hickman’s son-in-law.
Larry Little and “Tara B. Scruggs” enter their appearances on behalf of delaughter. Tara B. SCRUGGS? That can’t be a Dickie relation, can it? Wouldn’t that have a little something to do with whether or not she EXISTS?
Thanks for the correction, NMC. You are, of course, correct–my bad.