414 So. 2d 435 - Lewis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions

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1. “In our opinion, appellant could only be transferred from one institution within the Department of Corrections to another institution within that same department by order of the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to section 47-5-110. Since the circuit court lacked authority to transfer appellant to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, and the Commissioner of Corrections did not so transfer, appellant must be returned to the Leflore County Restitution Center and there dealt with by the Commissioner of Corrections to either leave him at the restitution center or assign him wherever the commissioner chooses pursuant to section 47-5-110. Moreover, the jurisdiction in this case, insofar as the circuit court was concerned, was completely terminated with the limited power remaining in the court to determine at a later date whether or not any or all of the suspended sentence should be revoked. That was the sole authority remaining in the circuit court. Any such revocation could only have been entered following a due process hearing thereon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lewis v. Thigpen