Mississippi Supreme Court December 21, 1995, No. 95-M-01240-SCT (Barrett v. State)

BANKS, Justice,

dissenting:

In my view, the operative event for removal of a public official from office under the provisions of Miss.Code Ann. § 25-5-1 (1972) is conviction. As will be shown below, that event does not ordinarily occur until sentence is imposed under the settled law of this state and that of the vast majority of our sister states.