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- How do we know that Judge Hudson always knew that he was a participant
in interstate kidnapping, that it was never legal for him to
order interstate transportation of a New York minor child then illegally in
Louisiana, under color of law, to Wilton Hoggatt, who was then harboring sex
offender Andrew Allbritton, prior to any
hearing in his court? Because the attorney general told him so. Would you have
gotten that feeling from this Mississippi Attorney General's opinion? No
Mississippi case was ever filed, that's why Adams County Circuit Clerk
Vines, and Judge Hudson, and the Mississippi Attorney General concealed
court documents, which is a federal SOX violation.
DOCK 1999-0240
AUTH Pat Flynn
DATE 1999052
RQNM John Hudson
SUBJ Youth Court
SBCD 101
TEXT Hon. John Hudson County Court Judge P.O. Box 1371 Natchez, MS
39121
Dear Judge Hudson:
Attorney General Moore has received your request for an opinion and has assigned
it to me for research and reply. You ask several questions involving the
responsibility of a county sheriff to transport children who have been ordered
by the youth court to
receive assessment/treatment at a private or public facility. (Letter attached).
Your specific questions were:
1. Is the sheriff obligated to transport the child in accordance with that order
2. Does the fact that the court orders the assessment/treatment at a private
facility have any impact on the responsibility of the sheriff to transport?
3. If the case was an abuse/neglect adjudication, and the child is ordered to an
assessment/treatment at such facility, and the court determines that safety
issues require law enforcement transporting, and the court orders the said
transportation by the
sheriff's office, is the sheriff obligated to transport in accordance with that
order?
4. If not, what options are available to assure the safety of Human Services
personnel or other custodial personnel when there has been determined that a
safety hazard exists?
In answer to your first three questions, please see the attached opinion to Hon.
William S. Agin dated March 2, 1994. In this opinion, while it is stated that there
is no authority for sheriffs to transport children to out-of-state facilities,
it is also
noted that the sheriff's duty to "execute all orders and decrees of said
courts directed to him to be executed," pursuant to Sections 19-25-79 also
applies to the county court. See M.C.A. Section 19-25-35. It is our opinion that
the sheriff must execute
the lawful orders of the youth court judge.
The youth court judge has the authority under the Youth Court Act, specifically
Section 43-21-605 to place a delinquent child and under Section 43-21-607 to
place an abused or neglected child, in "any public or private organization,
preferably
community-based, able to assume the education, care and maintenance of the
child..." An order for the transportation of the child who has been
adjudicated delinquent or abused/neglected into any public or private facility
would fall within the meaning
"lawful orders of the youth court judge."
Applying the prior opinion to Judge Agin and the authority given by the Youth
Court Act to your questions, it is our opinion that the sheriff is obligated to
transport delinquent or abused/neglected children to public or private
facilities within this
state in accordance with youth court orders. This answer to questions 1-3 makes
an answer to your question number 4 unnecessary.
If we can be of any further assistance, please let us know.
MIKE MOORE Attorney General
By: Pat Flynn Assistant Attorney General
- How about his finding on the record that he could order or legitimate a prior
interstate transportation of a minor without following the Compact for the
Interstate Placement of Children? The Mississippi Attorney General's Office
cited the opinion below in its Opinion to Judge Hudson above.
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SUBJ Juvenile Courts (Youth Court)
SBCD 101
TEXT Honorable William S. Agin County Court Judge P.
O. Box 343 Canton, MS 39046
Re: Youth Court and the Sheriff
Dear Judge Agin:
Attorney General Mike Moore has received your request for an o-
pinion and has assigned it to me for research and reply. Your
letter asks several questions regarding the duty of the sheriff to
execute orders of the youth court including the following:
1. Whether it is the duty of the sheriff in the county of the
youth court when ordered to do so to transport a juvenile to or
from a treatment or residential facility located in another state;
2. Whether the failure or refusal of a sheriff to trans- port
juveniles to out-of-state treatment facilities if ordered by the
youth court constitutes an omission action- able under M.C.A.
19-25-9 or any other statutory sanction;
3. Whether a sheriff in the county of the youth court has any
discretion in carrying out a youth court order directing the
sheriff to transport juveniles to a loca- tion in another state;
4. Whether any statutes bar a sheriff from transporting juveniles
to facilities located either in or out of the state when the youth
court has so ordered.
In response, subsection (2) of Section 43-21-107 of the
Mississippi Code establishes a youth court division "as a
division of the coun- ty court of each county now or hereafter
having a county court and which does not have a family court, and
the county
judge shall be a judge of the youth court . . . ."
This appears to apply to Madison County and your situation. Sec-
tion 9-9-29 of the Mississippi Code provides that "The
sheriff shall be the executive officer of the county court; he
shall by himself, or deputy, attend all of its sessions, and he
shall
serve all process and execute all writs issued therefrom in the
manner as such process and writs would be served and executed when
issued by the justice courts, or by the circuit or chance- ry
courts according as appertains to the value of the cause or
matter in hand."
Therefore, the requirement in Section 19-25-79 of the Code that
the sheriff "shall receive and keep any prisoner committed by
the justice of the peace according to the order of
commitment" would also apply to any prisoner committed by the
county court
judge. Likewise, the sheriff's duty to serve as the
"executive officer of the circuit and chancery court of his
county" and to "execute all orders and decrees of said
courts directed to him to be executed" also applies to the
county court. See M.C.A.
section 19-25-35.
In sum, it is our opinion that the sheriff must execute the lawful
orders of the youth court judge. However, we can find no authority
for a sheriff to hold a person in custody outside the State of Mis-
sissippi, except in cases of fugitives
(extraditions).
There is authority for a youth court judge to place a delinquent
child in an out of state institution pursuant to the Interstate
Compact on the Placement of Children, Section 43-18-1 et seq. of
the Code; but nothing in the Compact specifically authorizes
law enforcement officers to maintain custody of persons outside
the state.
You may wish to consult the office of the governor who, pursuant
to Article VII of the Compact, shall designate an officer with
"power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more
effectively the terms and provisions of this compact."
Very truly yours,
MIKE MOORE, ATTORNEY GENERAL
By:
Mike Lanford Special Assistant Attorney General
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- How do we know that Judge John Hudson knew that there was no charge for
youth court subpoenas?
DOCN 000002696
DOCK 1993-1006
AUTH Larry Stroud
DATE 19940323
RQNM John Hudson
SUBJ Youth Court
SBCD 101
TEXT Honorable John Hudson County Court Judge P. O. Box 1371
Natchez, MS 39121
Re: Youth Court Process
Dear Judge Hudson:
Attorney General Mike Moore has received your letter and has assigned it to me
for reply. In your letter you state:
In Adams County the issue has arisen as to whose responsibility it is to serve
Youth Court process. A backlog of process is being created due to a dis-
agreement on this issue. Therefore, your immediate attention to this matter is
sincerely appreciated.
The youth court has several types of process. The custody order of the court
pursuant to section 43- 21-301 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 may be di- rected
to any law enforcement officer, the Depart- ment of Human Services, or any
suitable person.
Sum- mons may be issued pursuant to section 43-21-501, et seq. of the
Mississippi Code of 1972. Section 43-21- 505(4) states:
The service of summons as required by this chapter shall be made by any person
appointed by the youth court judge. Such person, for this purpose, shall be an
officer of the youth court.
Bench warrants for adults may be directed to any law enforcement officer. Since
youth court, whether a part of chancery court or county court, is part of the
state court system, see In The In- terest of R.G.: Defending the
Constitutionality of the
Mississip- pi Statute, 92-CA-1295, Mississippi Supreme Court, decided 2-17- 94,
the sheriff of the county has the duty, within his jurisdic- tion, to serve any
process, notice, summons, or warrants deliver- ed to him, in the same manner as
such process,
etc. from circuit or chancery court. This duty of the sheriff in no way limits
the power of the youth court to deliver the summons, warrant, etc. to the
municipal police, if they are appointed by the Court, for ser- vice within the
municipality under the
authority of the above ci- ted statutes.
Very Truly Yours,
MIKE MOORE, ATTORNEY GENERAL
By:
Larry J. Stroud Special Assistant Attorney General
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- How do we know that Mississippi Judge John Hudson always knew that he
had no jurisdiction to alter custody of a New York non-resident child then
in Louisiana, in the first
place?
Because he was fully familiar with the UNIFORM
CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION ACT and its replacement, the UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY
JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT.
And because Adams County Circuit Clerk Vines, Jim Hood,
the Mississippi Attorney General, andJudge John Hudson knew that no court case
was ever filed in the State of Mississippi. Ever.
That necessitated a six year
charade to cover Adams County Circuit Clerk Vines, and
Judge Hudson, and the Mississippi Attorney General's intentional participation
in a ten year criminal conspiracy against rights, not only with interference
with service of process, but documented alteration of the docket,
concealment of records, witness intimidation, obstruction of justice,
interference with service of process, wire and mail fraud and extortion under
color of official right by Adams County Circuit Clerk
Vines, and Judge Hudson, and the Mississippi Attorney General.
That's why Vines isn't in jail even though indicted
on 13 felony counts of embezzlement.
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