Agenda Mississippi Justice Court Judges Spring Conference Pearl River Resort, Silver Star Convention Center - Choctaw, MS April 1-4, 2014 st Monday, March 31 2:00-5:00 p.m. MJCJA Board Meeting Silver Star Convention Center Executive Board Room st Tuesday, April 1 Spring Professional Judicial Development Sentencing Options (Sessions from 2:15 to 5:15 p.m. are optional and require a registration fee.) 1:00-2:00 p.m. PJD Registration Convention Center Lobby 2:00 p.m. Welcome and Introductions Meeting Rooms 4-5 2:15-4:00 p.m. SENTENCING OPTIONS & RESOURCES Hon. Samac Richardson Retired Twentieth Circuit Court District Judge 4:00-5:15 p.m. SENTENCING WORKSHOP nd Wednesday, April 2 Spring Professional Judicial Development Search & Seizure (Sessions from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. are optional and require a registration fee.) 7:00-8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Ballroom 8:30-11:30 a.m. DISCUSSION OF FOURTH AMENDMENT Meeting Rooms 4-5 SEARCH AND SEIZURE Hon. Smith Murphey V Seventeenth Circuit Court District Judge Batesville, Mississippi 11:30 a.m. Lunch Served to PJD Participants Ballroom
Page 2 Spring Conference Continuing Judicial Education (Sessions Wednesday afternoon, all day on Thursday, and Friday morning are required.) 12:30-1:15 p.m. Spring Conference Registration Convention Center Lobby 1:15 p.m. WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS Ballroom Hon. Cynthia D. Davis Director, Mississippi Judicial College Hon. Ernest Cunningham President - MJCJA Marshall County Justice Court Judge Mike Wright Program Manager, Mississippi Judicial College 1:30-2:45 p.m. JUDICIAL PROFESSIONALISM (1.25 CJE) Hon. Deborah Gambrell Tenth Chancery Court District Judge Hattiesburg, Mississippi 2:45-3:00 p.m. Break 3:00-3:45 p.m. ATTORNEY GENERAL S OPINION UPDATE (.75 CJE) James Dale Special Assistant Attorney General 3:45-4:00 p.m. Break 4:00-5:00 p.m. INTERACTIVE USE OF THE MANUAL FOR MISSISSIPPI JUSTICE COURTS (1.0 CJE) Ramey Smith Program Coordinator Mississippi Judicial College rd Thursday, April 3 7:00-8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Ballroom 8:30-10:00 a.m. PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF DECIDING YOUR CASES (1.50 CJE) Hon. Tony Mozingo Fifteenth Circuit Court District Judge Purvis, Mississippi 10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
Page 3 10:15-11:45 a.m. MISSISSIPPI CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES LAW (1.50 CJE) Lt. Eddie Hawkins Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Columbus, Mississippi 12:00-12:30 p.m. Lunch Ballroom 12:30-1:00 p.m MJCJA Business Meeting Ballroom 1:10-2:00 p.m. HANDLING MISDEMEANORS INVOLVING YOUTHS (1.00 CJE) Hon. Tom Broome Chair, Mississippi Council of Youth Court Judges Rankin County Court Judge 2:00-2:10 p.m. Break 2:10-3:00 p.m. MISSISSIPPI BAIL AGENTS ASSOCIATION UPDATE (1.00 CJE) Patty Hodges, CBA President, Mississippi Bail Agents Association Chris Williams Executive Vice President / Legislative Committee Hernando, Mississippi 3:00-3:10 p.m. Break Gene Newman, MCBA Treasurer / Legislative Committee Wayne Dowdle Southern District Representative, Education Chairman Gulfport, Mississippi 3:10-4:30 p.m. ELECTRONIC RESPONDER SESSION & PANEL DISCUSSION: LANDLORD & TENANT and DUI ISSUES (1.50 CJE) Bill Charlton Staff Attorney Mississippi Judicial College Hon. Ron Cooke Lowndes County Justice Court Judge Hon. Tomika Harris-Irving Jefferson County Justice Court Judge Hon. Ed Woods, Jr. Warren County Justice Court Judge
Page 4 4:30-5:00 p.m. MASEP UPDATE (.5 CJE) Bill Henderson MASEP Operations Coordinator Social Science Research Center Mississippi State University th Friday, April 4 7:00-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast Ballroom 8:00-9:00 a.m. UPDATE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI JUSTICE COURT CLERKS ASSOCIATION (1.00 CJE) Patricia Woods Hinds County Justice Court Clerk President, MS Justice Court Clerks Association Eloise Brooks Washington County Justice Court Clerk Secretary, MS Justice Court Clerks Association Greenville, Mississippi 9:00-9:15 a.m. Break Linder Erby Lowndes County Justice Court Clerk Board of Directors (Northern District) MS Justice Court Clerks Association Columbus, Mississippi Darlene Jones Lauderdale County Justice Court Clerk President-Elect, MS Justice Court Clerks Association Meridian, Mississippi Sharon Thompson Forrest County Justice Court Clerk Board of Directors (Southern District) MS Justice Court Clerks Association Hattiesburg, Mississippi 9:15-9:45 a.m. MISSISSIPPI COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT (.50 CJE) Darlene D. Ballard Executive Director Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance
Page 5 9:45-10:45 a.m. JUDICIAL ETHICS (1.00 CJE) Bonnie H. Menapace, Senior Staff Attorney William J. Stokes, Chief Investigator Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance 10:45 a.m. Evaluation & Closing Remarks 11:00 a.m. Awarding of Certificates