Mississippi Advisory Opinions September 20, 1982: 19820920 (September 20, 1982)

Advisory Opinion Text

Honorable Rayburn Reeves

Justice Court Judge

Route 2, Box 210

Hamilton, Mississippi 39746

Re: Judges To Be Elected From District in 1983

Dear Judge Reeves:

Attorney General Bill Allain has received your letter and has assigned it to the undersigned for research and reply. In your letter you state:

“Mr. Hood, I am writing in reference to our redistricting of our county as far as the judgeship is concerned since the new district lines have been established most the my voters live in a different district from which I live. Question: Will I have to reside in the district in which I run in? Since after the election of 1983 the new 1984 administration will have county-wide jurisdiction.”

In response to your question, please find enclosed a copy of an opinion addressed to the Honorable W. B. Meek, dated September 13, 1982, concerning justice court elections.

Very truly yours,

Bill Allain, Attorney General.