The several courts of justice organized under the constitution and laws of this state, shall possess the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of trying and punishing all persons in the manner prescribed by law, for crimes and offenses committed in this state, except such as are exclusively cognizable by the courts deriving their jurisdiction from the constitution and laws of the United States.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 11 - Jurisdiction and Venue
§ 99-11-1. Jurisdiction of crimes generally
§ 99-11-5. Extent of criminal jurisdiction of State of Mississippi
§ 99-11-7. Concurrent jurisdiction with Arkansas
§ 99-11-9. Jurisdiction of paternity proceedings
§ 99-11-15. Offenses commenced out of and consummated in state
§ 99-11-17. Offenses commenced in and consummated out of state
§ 99-11-19. Offenses committed partly in one county and partly in another
§ 99-11-21. Occurrence in one jurisdiction causing death in another
§ 99-11-23. Stolen property carried into state or carried from one county to another
§ 99-11-27. Former acquittal or conviction in another jurisdiction
§ 99-11-29. Acquittal for variance between indictment and proof or on exception to form