In order to qualify for participation in a community service restitution program, the defendant must: (a) be a first offender, (b) be convicted of a nonviolent offense that would constitute a felony and (c) not have drug, alcohol or emotional problems so serious that he or she appears unlikely to be able to meet the obligations of the community service sentence.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 20 - Community Service Restitution
§ 99-20-1. Short title; purpose
§ 99-20-3. Participation in community service restitution program
§ 99-20-5. Qualifications for participation in program
§ 99-20-7. Determining persons eligible for participation; review of district attorney's files
§ 99-20-11. Agreement to and acceptance of sentence by defendant; conditional discharge
§ 99-20-15. Written agreement between program participant and department of corrections