Yemi "Larry" Kings
MS · Hinds County Court Judge, Subdistrict 2
Hinds County Court judge, a Thurgood Marshall School of Law graduate who worked as an assistant Hinds County public defender and prosecutor. He has said bond decisions should weigh community safety and wants job and life-skills programs for youth in Youth Court.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Set a $100,000 bond and GPS monitoring for another defendant in the Jackson State University shooting case and allowed her to return to Georgia.
November 21, 2025
Source: wdam.com
Denied bond to three defendants charged in the Jackson State University shooting case, finding that they posed a danger or flight risk.
November 10, 2025
Source: wlbt.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 3 favorable
Held Mississippi’s corrections department and commissioner in civil contempt for failing to pay a former officer court-awarded overtime and legal fees.
January 23, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: wlbt.com
Defended former district attorney Robert Shuler Smith in a robbery and stalking trial; jurors acquitted him of robbery and deadlocked on stalking.
September 12, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: themarshallproject.org
Represented Vincent Smith Jr. as a public defender during a guilty plea covering burglary, robbery, assault, and drug charges.
August 8, 2014Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: law.justia.com
Past race Yemi "Larry" Kings ran in:
- Hinds County Court Judge, Subdistrict 2 · November 3, 2026 · Hinds County, Mississippi · incumbent