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§ 99-17-1. Indictments to be tried within 270 days of arraignment - Unless good cause be shown, and a continuance duly granted...
§ 99-17-3. Peremptory challenges; number allowed - In capital cases the defendant and the state shall each...
§ 99-17-5. Peremptory challenges; joint defendant must agree - Defendants tried jointly must agree in their challenges made without...
§ 99-17-7. Interpreters - In criminal cases wherein the defendant has been declared indigent,...
§ 99-17-9. Trial in the absence of accused - In criminal cases the presence of the prisoner may be...
§ 99-17-11. Only two counsel to a side heard - Only two counsel for the state, one of whom shall...
§ 99-17-13. Variance between indictment and proof; amendment of record and indictment; continuance - Whenever, on the trial of an indictment for any offense,...
§ 99-17-15. Variance between indictment and proof; amendment of record and indictment; order for amendment - The order of the court for amendment of the indictment,...
§ 99-17-17. Joint defendants are competent witnesses for one another in separate trials - Where parties jointly indicted are tried separately, the party not...
§ 99-17-19. Assaults; insulting words admissible - In all trials for assault and battery, or for an...
§ 99-17-20. Capital murder or other crimes punishable by death - No person shall be tried for capital murder, or any...
§ 99-17-21. Bribery; certain proof not necessary - Upon the trial of an indictment for bribery, it shall...
§ 99-17-23. Dueling; offender compelled to testify against another - If any person offend against any of the provisions of...
§ 99-17-25. Gambling and futures contracts; state not confined to proof of single violation - On the trial of all indictments for gambling or gaming...
§ 99-17-27. Gambling and futures contracts; witness compelled to testify; immunity granted; penalty for refusing - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying before...
§ 99-17-29. Lotteries; purchaser of ticket compelled to testify against seller - The purchaser of any lottery ticket, or device in the...
§ 99-17-31. Offenses affecting legislature; witness denied privilege against self-incrimination - Upon the trial of a person charged with any of...
§ 99-17-33. Perjury; no variance between "sworn" and "affirmed." - In prosecutions for perjury, where the indictment charges that the...
§ 99-17-35. Instructions to jury - The judge in any criminal cause, shall not sum up...
§ 99-17-37. Papers may be carried out by jury - All papers read in evidence on the trial of any...
§ 99-17-39. Bills of exceptions; duty of judge to sign - On the trial of prosecutions for any crime or misdemeanor,...
§ 99-17-41. Bills of exceptions; when tendered and signed; incapacity of judge - Bills of exceptions to any ruling of the court, made...
§ 99-17-43. Bills of exceptions; attorneys may sign if judge refuses - If the judge shall refuse to sign a bill of...
§ 99-17-45. Bills of exception; amendment - Bills of exception, with the approval of the trial judge,...
§ 99-17-47. New trials; terms directed by court; number limited - Every new trial granted shall be on such terms as...
§ 99-17-49. New trials; grant or refusal assignable for error - When a motion for a new trial shall be granted...