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Ex-tax return preparer’s federal court appeal fails

by Associated Press Published: March 28,2013

Tags: appeal, bench, conviction, court, crime, false tax returns, federal court, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, panel, sentence, tax, tax return, tax return preparer

OXFORD — A federal appeals court panel has upheld the conviction of an Oxford tax return preparer for filing dozens of false returns. Thelbert Lamont Lesure was sentenced to three years in prison in 2012 for filing false tax returns. Lesure was indicted on 21 counts. He pleaded guilty one count of knowingly preparing and [...] [...]

Judge denies supervisor’s request concerning redistricting

by Associated Press Published: October 17,2012

Tags: bench, board of supervisors, color, county government, decision, district, election, federal court, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, party, Politics, poll, race, redistricting, request, rule, ruling, supervisor, vote, voter, Voting

JACKSON — A federal judge has denied a request by Hinds County Supervisor Phil Fisher and the Republican Party to bar the county from using its new redistricting plan in November elections, which involves only the five local election commission members. Still pending is the original lawsuit filed in September, which asks that the new [...] [...]

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