DID THE CIRCUIT COURT ERR IN DENYING LOTTS PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI?
P6. Lott’s argument that the circuit court erred in not granting his petition for writ of certiorari is similarly without merit. Mississippi Code Annotated Section11-51-93 states, in pertinent part, All cases decided by a justice of the peace, whether exercising general or special jurisdiction, may, within six months thereafter, on good cause shown by petition, supported by affidavit, be removed to the circuit court of the county, [*6] by writ of certiorari, which shall operate as a supersedeas, the party, in all cases, giving bond, with security, to be approved by the judge or clerk of the circuit court, as in cases of appeal from justices of the peace; and in any cause so removed by certiorari, the court shall be confined to the examination of questions of law arising or appearing on the face of the record and proceedings.As the statute explicitly states, only a pure question of law is reviewable on certiorari. Merritt, 497 So.2d at 815. Despite the fact that Lott was convicted in mu
