Allen, 050775 MSAGO, 1975-0016

• Case Date: May 07, 1975
• Court: Mississippi

Honorable Emmette P. Allen No. 1975-0016 Mississippi Attorney General Opinions May 7, 1975          Honorable Emmette P. Allen          Attorney          P.O. Box 828          Brookhaven, Mississippi 39601          Dear Mr. Allen:          Attorney General Summer has received your letter of request dated April 25, 1975, and has assigned it to me for research and reply.          You submit the following, to-wit:

         “Mr. Earl Burns, Circuit Clerk, has requested that I write you relative to the above man for ruling as to whether or not he can qualify to vote and to run for public office.          “Mr. Delaughter plead guilty to burglary and larceny in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, Mississippi in January 1965 and was given a suspended sentence. On the 25th day of February 1965 this suspension was revoked.”

         Section 241, Mississippi Constitution 1890, provides, in part, “Every inhabitant of this state, ... who has never been convicted of murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement or bigamy, ...”.          We enclose herewith a copy of an opinion to Honorable Walter Brown, relative to the word “thef...