Case Name: James Wesley SCOTT a/k/a James W. Scott a/k/a James Scott, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Decision Date: 2017-11-29
Citations: 231 So. 3d 995
Docket Number: No. 2014-CT-00572-SCT
Parties: James Wesley SCOTT a/k/a James W. Scott a/k/a James Scott, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee
Judges: AFFIRMED: RANDOLPH, P.J., MAXWELL, BEAM AND CHAMBERLIN, JJ. SEPARATE WRITTEN STATEMENT OBJECTING TO THE ORDER BY KITCHENS, P.J., JOINED BY WALLER, C.J.,KING AND COLEMAN, JJ. ISHEE, J., NOT , PARTICIPATING. ■
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 231
Pages: 995–1001

Head Matter:
James Wesley SCOTT a/k/a James W. Scott a/k/a James Scott, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee
No. 2014-CT-00572-SCT
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
November 29, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
Four of the justices of this Court are of the opinion that the judgment of the Court of Appeals should be affirmed, and four are of the opinion that it should be reversed. Consequently, that judgment must be, and is, affirmed.
Issuing conflicting opinions on the issues raised on certiorari would serve no purpose, as neither .opinion would carry any authority. Hentz v. State, 162 So.3d 1139, 1143 (Miss. 2014) (Randolph, P.J., specially concurring) (citing Hertz v. Woodman, 218 U.S. 205, 212-14, 30 S.Ct. 621, 622-23, 54 L.Ed. 1001 (1910); Durant v. Essex Co., 74 U.S. (7 Wall.) 107, 19 L.Ed. 154 (1868); Etting v. Bank of U.S., 24 U.S. (11 Wheat.) 59, 78, 6 L.Ed. 419 (1826); Rockett Steel Works v. McIntyre, 15 So.2d 624 (Miss. 1943)).
Accordingly, as the judgment of the Court of Appeals has not been decided to be érroneous by a majority'of the justices sitting in this case, the judgment of the 'Coilrt of Appeals is .affirmed without opinion. The costs on appeal áre assessed to Forrest County.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ James D, Maxwell II JAMES. D. MAXWELL II, JUSTICE
AFFIRMED: RANDOLPH, P.J., MAXWELL, BEAM AND CHAMBERLIN, JJ. SEPARATE WRITTEN STATEMENT OBJECTING TO THE ORDER BY KITCHENS, P.J., JOINED BY WALLER, C.J.,KING AND COLEMAN, JJ. ISHEE, J., NOT , PARTICIPATING.