Every person who shall feloniously take or attempt to take from the person or from the presence the personal property of another and against his will by violence to his person or by putting such person in fear of immediate injury to his person by the exhibition of a deadly weapon shall be guilty of robbery and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for life in the state penitentiary if the penalty is so fixed by the jury; and in cases where the jury fails to fix the penalty at imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary the court shall fix the penalty at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for any term not less than three (3) years.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 3 - Crimes Against the Person
§ 97-3-1. Abduction for purposes of marriage
§ 97-3-3. Abortion; causing abortion or miscarriage
§ 97-3-5. Abortion; advertisement, sale or gift of drugs or instruments
§ 97-3-13. False confinement; sending sane person to psychiatric hospital or institution
§ 97-3-17. Homicide; excusable homicide
§ 97-3-23. Homicide; death following duels fought out of state
§ 97-3-27. Homicide; killing while committing felony
§ 97-3-29. Homicide; killing while committing a misdemeanor
§ 97-3-33. Killing trespasser involuntarily
§ 97-3-35. Homicide; killing without malice in the heat of passion
§ 97-3-39. Homicide; drunken doctor, etc., unintentionally causing death
§ 97-3-41. Homicide; overloading boat
§ 97-3-43. Homicide; ignorant or negligent management of steamboat or railroad engine
§ 97-3-45. Homicide; owner of dangerous animal
§ 97-3-47. Homicide; all other killings
§ 97-3-53. Kidnapping; punishment
§ 97-3-54. Human Trafficking Act; short title
§ 97-3-54.4. Human Trafficking Act; definitions
§ 97-3-54.5. Human Trafficking Act; use of undercover operative in detection of offense permitted
§ 97-3-57. Libel; truth as defense
§ 97-3-61. Poisoning with intent to kill or injure
§ 97-3-63. Poisoning with intent to kill; where death does not ensue
§ 97-3-69. Rape; "chaste character" presumed; uncorroborated testimony of victim insufficient
§ 97-3-71. Rape; assault with intent to ravish
§ 97-3-73. Robbery; definition
§ 97-3-77. Robbery; threat to injure person or relative at another time
§ 97-3-79. Robbery; use of deadly weapon
§ 97-3-81. Robbery; threatening letter demanding money, property
§ 97-3-83. Robbery; bonds, bills, notes, etc., cotton receipts and railroad tickets
§ 97-3-85. Threats and intimidation; by letter or notice
§ 97-3-87. Threats and intimidation; whitecapping
§ 97-3-89. Timber, trees and saw logs; tampering with to injure or harass the owner prohibited
§ 97-3-91. Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when injury occurs
§ 97-3-93. Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when death results
§ 97-3-97. Sexual battery; definitions
§ 97-3-99. Sexual battery; defense
§ 97-3-103. Sexual battery; relationship with other criminal statutes