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§ 99-19-1. Change of law not to affect prosecution or punishment of crime committed prior to change - No statutory change of any law affecting a crime or...
§ 99-19-7. Verdict as to some, disagreement as to other defendants - On the trial of two or more persons jointly indicted,...
§ 99-19-9. No special form of verdict required - No special form of verdict is required, and where there...
§ 99-19-11. Verdict may be reformed at the bar if informal or defective - If the verdict is informal or defective the court may...
§ 99-19-15. Sentence; felon under age sixteen - When the court shall be satisfied that a person who...
§ 99-19-18. Mandatory minimum sentence for embezzlement or other unlawful conversion of public funds - When any person is convicted of a felony or felonies...
§ 99-19-20. Sentence; imposition of fine; payment; imprisonment for nonpayment; indigent defendants - This subsection shall be limited as follows:
§ 99-19-23. Sentence; credit for time of prisoner's pre-trial or pre-appeal confinement - The number of days spent by a prisoner in incarceration...
§ 99-19-25. Sentence; circuit and county judges and justice courts may suspend in misdemeanor cases; suspension of sentence or execution of sentence subsequent to original sentencing authorized under certain circumstances - The circuit courts and the county courts, in misdemeanor cases,...
§ 99-19-27. Convicts who violate terms of suspended sentence or parole are subject to arrest - Every convicted offender of a criminal law who receives a...
§ 99-19-29. Vacation of suspended sentence and annulment of conditional pardon for violation of terms - Whenever any court granting a suspended sentence, or the governor...
§ 99-19-31. Penalty where none fixed elsewhere by statute - Offenses for which a penalty is not provided elsewhere by...
§ 99-19-33. Where penalty modified milder penalty may be imposed - If any statute shall provide a punishment of the same...
§ 99-19-35. Person convicted of certain crimes not to practice medicine or dentistry, or hold office - A person convicted of bribery, burglary, theft, arson, obtaining money...
§ 99-19-39. Detention of convict pending appeal - If the defendant appeal from the conviction and be not...
§ 99-19-41. Delivery of appellant to county where supreme court is held - When any person shall be convicted of an offense and...
§ 99-19-42. Post-conviction proceeding; time for hearing and return to Department of Corrections - Any offender in the custody of the Department of Corrections...
§ 99-19-43. Duty of judge when convict sentenced to penitentiary - It shall be the duty of the judge, when any...
§ 99-19-45. Commitment to penitentiary; duties of clerks of circuit court; fees - The clerks of the circuit court of the counties in...
§ 99-19-47. Commitment to penitentiary; form - The following form, to be furnished by the county, shall...
§ 99-19-48. Placement of person on probation; form for report - The following form, to be furnished by the county, shall...
§ 99-19-53. Execution of death sentence; state executioner - The state executioner, or his duly authorized representative, shall supervise...
§ 99-19-61. Cost of trial and/or execution of one committing crime within confines of penitentiary, or of inmate committing crime outside bounds of penitentiary - The commissioner of corrections is hereby authorized and empowered to...
§ 99-19-65. Collection of fines, penalties, and list reported - The clerk of the circuit court shall, immediately after the...
§ 99-19-67. Remedy against officer, in reference to fines - If any sheriff or other officer shall return on any...
§ 99-19-69. Liability of officers for default as to fines - Clerks, sheriffs, and other officers shall be liable to the...
§ 99-19-71. Expunction of misdemeanor conviction of first offender upon petition; expunction of certain felony convictions upon petition - A person is eligible for only one (1) felony expunction...
§ 99-19-73. Standard State monetary assessment for certain violations, misdemeanors and felonies; suspension or reduction of assessment prohibited; collection and deposit of assessments; refunds - Click to view Click to view Click to view Click...
§ 99-19-75. Assessment on certain offenses against children to be deposited in Mississippi Children's Trust Fund - In addition to any monetary penalties and any other penalties...
§ 99-19-77. Assessment against convicted criminal defendants to cover costs of investigations; use of assessments - In addition to any criminal penalties or fines, the court...
Sentencing of Habitual Criminals
§ 99-19-81. Sentencing of habitual criminals to maximum term of imprisonment - Every person convicted in this state of a felony who...
§ 99-19-83. Sentencing of habitual criminals to life imprisonment - Every person convicted in this state of a felony who...
§ 99-19-84. Electronic monitoring as condition of probation for offense requiring registration as a sex offender; rules and regulations - Whenever probation is a part of a sentence prescribed for...
§ 99-19-85. Governor's pardoning power unaffected - Nothing in Sections 99-19-81 through 99-19-87 shall be construed or...
§ 99-19-87. Punishment by death unaffected - Nothing in Sections 99-19-81 through 99-19-87 shall abrogate or affect...
Separate Sentencing Proceeding to Determine Punishment in Capital Cases
§ 99-19-101. Jury to determine punishment in capital cases in separate sentencing proceeding; aggravating and mitigating circumstances to be considered - In each case in which the jury imposes the death...
§ 99-19-103. Instructions; aggravating circumstances shall be designated by jury in writing upon recommending death; effect of jury's failure to agree on punishment - The statutory instructions as determined by the trial judge to...
§ 99-19-106. Date of execution of death sentence - When judgment of death becomes final and a writ of...
§ 99-19-107. Life sentence to be imposed if death penalty held to be unconstitutional - In the event the death penalty is held to be...
Victim Impact Statement Act
§ 99-19-151. Short title - Sections 99-19-151 through 99-19-161 shall be known and may be...
§ 99-19-155. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 99-19-151 through 99-19-161, the following...
§ 99-19-161. Notice to victim prior to sentencing - The prosecuting attorney shall notify the victim or the victim...
HIV and AIDS Testing of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses
§ 99-19-201. Definitions - The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them...
§ 99-19-203. Testing of persons convicted of sex offenses for HIV and AIDS - Any person who is convicted of a sex offense on...
Enhanced Penalties for Offenses Committed for Discriminatory Reasons
§ 99-19-307. Amount penalty may be enhanced - If it is found beyond a reasonable doubt that the...
§ 99-19-309. Freedom of speech and freedom of assembly not abridged by Sections 99-19-301 through 99-19-307 - Nothing in Sections 99-19-301 through 99-19-307 shall abridge freedom of...
Enhanced Penalties for Crimes Committed Against Elderly Persons
§ 99-19-351. Penalties subject to enhancement - The penalty for any felony or misdemeanor which is a...
§ 99-19-357. Amount penalty may be enhanced - The penalty for the offense may be enhanced by punishment...
Enhanced penalties for unlawful use of financial instruments or identifying information taken from owner by means of violent crime or burglary -