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MS Code § 97-37-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-35. Stolen firearms; possession, receipt, acquisition or disposal; offense; punishment

  It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess, receive, retain, acquire or obtain possession or dispose of a stolen firearm or attempt to possess, receive, retain, acquire or obtain possession or dispose of a stolen firearm.   It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to sell, deliver or transfer a stolen firearm or attempt to sell, deliver or transfer a stolen firearm.   Any person convicted of violating this section shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished as follows:   For the first conviction, punishment by commitment to the Department of Corrections for five (5) years;   For the second and subsequent convictions, the offense shall be considered trafficking in stolen firearms punishable by commitment to the Department of Corrections for not less than fifteen (15) years.   For a conviction where the offender possesses two (2) or more stolen firearms, the offense shall be considered trafficking in stolen firearms punishable by commitment to the Department of Corrections for not less than fifteen (15) years.     Any person who commits or attempts to commit any other crime while in possession of a stolen firearm shall be guilty of a separate felony of possession of a stolen firearm under this section and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by commitment to the Department of Corrections for five (5) years, such term to run consecutively and not concurrently with any other sentence of incarceration.
MS Code § 97-37-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|General Provisions|§ 97-37-37. Enhanced penalty for use of firearm during commission of felony

  Except to the extent that a greater minimum sentence is otherwise provided by any other provision of law, any person who uses or displays a firearm during the commission of any felony shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections of five (5) years, which sentence shall not be reduced or suspended.   Except to the extent that a greater minimum sentence is otherwise provided by any other provision of law, any convicted felon who uses or displays a firearm during the commission of any felony shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections of ten (10) years, to run consecutively, not concurrently, which sentence shall not be reduced or suspended.
MS Code § 97-37-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|Honesty in Purchasing Firearms Act|§ 97-37-101. Short title

 Sections 97-37-101 through 97-37-105 shall be known and may be cited as the "Honesty in Purchasing Firearms Act."
MS Code § 97-37-103 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|Honesty in Purchasing Firearms Act|§ 97-37-103. Definition

 For purposes of Sections 97-37-101 through 97-37-105:   "Licensed dealer" means a person who is licensed pursuant to 18 USCS, Section 923, to engage in the business of dealing in firearms.   "Private seller" means a person who sells or offers for sale any firearm or ammunition.   "Ammunition" means any cartridge, shell or projectile designed for use in a firearm.   "Materially false information" means information that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.
MS Code § 97-37-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 97 - Crimes|Chapter 37 - Weapons and Explosives|Honesty in Purchasing Firearms Act|§ 97-37-105. Crime of soliciting, persuading, encouraging or enticing illegal sale of firearms or ammunition; crime of providing false information to licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition

  Any person who knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages or entices a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which the person knows would violate the laws of this state or the United States is guilty of a felony.   Any person who provides to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition what the person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of a transfer of a firearm or ammunition is guilty of a felony.   Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than three (3) years, or both.   This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer acting in the officer's official capacity or to a person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
MS Code § 99-15-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-1. Conservators of peace; defined

 The judges of the Supreme, circuit and chancery courts and of the court of appeals are conservators of the peace throughout the state, and each judge of the county court and every justice court judge is such within his county.
MS Code § 99-15-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-3. Conservators of peace; power to take bonds and recognizances; forfeiture

 Any conservator of the peace has power to take all manner of bonds and recognizances from persons charged on affidavit with crimes and offenses, for their appearance in the circuit court to answer thereto, as well as for crimes and offenses committed in their presence. If any person fail to give bond or enter into recognizance, with the sureties prescribed, when required to do so by a conservator of the peace, he shall be committed to the county jail, there to remain until he comply or be otherwise discharged by due course of law. Every bond or recognizance so taken shall be returned to the circuit court before its next term. If any person so bound fail to appear in the circuit court, his bond or recognizance shall be adjudged forfeited, and otherwise proceeded with as provided by law.
MS Code § 99-15-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-5. Conservators of the peace; arrest and commitment of offenders

 Any conservator of the peace may, upon a finding of probable cause, by warrant issued under his hand, cause any person charged on affidavit with having committed, or with being suspected of, any offense against the law, to be arrested and brought before him, or before some other conservator of the peace in the proper county. On examination, the conservator of the peace shall commit the offender to jail if the offense be not bailable, and if it be bailable and the offender fail to find bail.
MS Code § 99-15-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-7. Conservators of the peace; prosecutor and witnesses may be required to give bond

 The conservator of the peace may require the prosecutor and witnesses appearing before him, in any case of examination for felony or other crime, to enter into bond or recognizance, in such sum as he may deem proper, with or without security, as he may think the interest of justice to demand, for their appearance to prosecute or give evidence touching the offense, before him on further examination or in the circuit court; and, in default of such bond or recognizance, he may commit the defaulter to jail until he give bail or be otherwise discharged by due course of law.
MS Code § 99-15-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-9. Conservators of the peace; subpoenas

 A conservator of the peace, in all examinations had before him for offenses, may issue a subpoena to any county, and compel obedience thereto.
MS Code § 99-15-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-11. Conservators of the peace; search warrant for stolen property

 Any conservator of the peace, on the affidavit of a credible person, may issue a search warrant and cause stolen or embezzled goods to be seized; but the affidavit and warrant must specify the goods to be seized and the person or place to be searched.
MS Code § 99-15-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-15. Appointment of counsel for indigents

 When any person shall be charged with a felony, misdemeanor punishable by confinement for ninety (90) days or more, or commission of an act of delinquency, the court or the judge in vacation, being satisfied that such person is an indigent person and is unable to employ counsel, may, in the discretion of the court, appoint counsel to defend him.   Such appointed counsel shall have free access to the accused who shall have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his favor.   The accused shall have such representation available at every critical stage of the proceeding against him where a substantial right may be affected.
MS Code § 99-15-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-17. Compensation of counsel; amount

 The compensation for counsel for indigents appointed as provided in Section 99-15-15, shall be approved and allowed by the appropriate judge and in any one (1) case may not exceed one thousand dollars ($1000.00) for representation in circuit court whether on appeal or originating in said court. Provided, however, if said case is not appealed to or does not originate in a court of record, the maximum compensation shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for any one (1) case, the amount of such compensation to be approved by a judge of the chancery court, county court or circuit court in the county where the case arises. Provided, however, in a capital case two (2) attorneys may be appointed, and the compensation may not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per case. If the case is appealed to the state supreme court by counsel appointed by the judge, the allowable fee for services on appeal shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1000.00) per case. In addition, the judge shall allow reimbursement of actual expenses. The attorney or attorneys so appointed shall itemize the time spent in defending said indigents together with an itemized statement of expenses of such defense, and shall present same to the appropriate judge. The fees and expenses as allowed by the appropriate judge shall be paid by the county treasurer out of the general fund of the county in which the prosecution was commenced.
MS Code § 99-15-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-19. Compensation of counsel; reimbursement of county in certain cases

 Any county paying counsel fees and expenses incurred on appeal to the supreme court or by virtue of any prosecution charging the commission of a crime on the premises of the Mississippi State Penitentiary or the commission of a crime by any escapee therefrom, may request reimbursement of all such payments from the state treasurer. The state auditor shall issue his warrant, based upon a voucher sent by the treasurer of any county entitled to such reimbursement together with a certification that such sums have been allowed and paid. The state treasurer shall pay the amount of any such reimbursement out of any funds in the state treasury appropriated for such purpose.
MS Code § 99-15-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-21. Compensation of counsel; method of payment

 All compensation and reimbursements allowed by the judge shall be made on the basis of an itemized statement as to time and nature of work and the expense incurred by the appointed counsel. The attorney general shall prepare and make available the proper form for the itemized statement which is to be submitted to the appropriate judge by the attorney or attorneys. Compensation and reimbursements authorized by Sections 99-15-15 through 99-15-21 shall be allowed only in cases in which the appointment is made subsequent to April 5, 1971. In all cases in which counsel have been appointed prior to said date, compensation shall be allowed in the same manner and to the same extent as provided by law at the time such appointment was made.
MS Code § 99-15-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-23. Plea entered when defendant stands mute

 If the defendant, on arraignment, refuses or neglects to plead, or stands mute, the court must cause the plea of "not guilty" to be entered, and the trial to proceed.
MS Code § 99-15-24 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-24. Where to make motions or enter guilty pleas

 In criminal cases in circuit courts, unless otherwise provided by law, guilty pleas may be taken and motions may be heard in any county in the circuit court district that contains the county in which venue lies. Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting venue for the purpose of bringing indictments or the conducting of jury trials.
MS Code § 99-15-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-25. Entry of guilty pleas in vacation; sentencing; records

  Any person who is charged in any circuit or county court with the commission of a criminal offense by a proper affidavit, indictment or information in cases of misdemeanors or by indictment by the grand jury in cases of felonies, and who is represented by counsel, may, by his own election, appear before the judge of the court at such time as the said judge may fix in vacation of the court and be arraigned and enter a plea of guilty to the offense with which he is charged. Upon the entering of such plea of guilty, the judge shall have the power and authority to impose any lawful and proper sentence upon the defendant in vacation just as though the plea was entered and the sentence imposed during a regular term of the court.   All judgments and orders imposing sentences in vacation upon such pleas of guilty shall be entered upon the minutes of the proper court in vacation just as though same were had and entered during term time.
MS Code § 99-15-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-27. Copy of indictment and special venire to be given defendant in capital cases

 Any person indicted for a capital crime shall, if demanded by him by motion in writing before the completion of drawing of any special venire which is summoned to appear on the day of his trial, have a copy of the indictment and list of the special venire delivered to him or his counsel at least one (1) entire day before said trial.
MS Code § 99-15-28 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-28. Accused entitled to copy of affidavit or indictment without cost

 Any person alleged to have committed a criminal offense in violation of a state law, or ordinance of any political subdivision, which upon conviction carries a sentence of any length of time or fine of any amount, shall be entitled, upon request made by such person or their counsel, to receive a copy of the affidavit or indictment at any time after such affidavit is filed or indictment returned, provided that any person alleged to have committed a felony shall not be entitled to receive a copy of the indictment until after his arrest or apprehension, and such indictment shall be governed according to the provisions of Section 99-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, until such time as the person is arrested or apprehended. No charge or fee shall be imposed for any copy of an affidavit or indictment as herein provided.
MS Code § 99-15-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-29. Continuance; application

 On all applications for a continuance the party shall set forth in his affidavit the facts which he expects to prove by his absent witness or documents that the court may judge of the materiality of such facts, the name and residence of the absent witness, that he has used due diligence to procure the absent documents, or presence of the absent witness, as the case may be, stating in what such diligence consists, and that the continuance is not sought for delay only, but that justice may be done. The court may grant or deny a continuance, in its discretion, and may of its own motion cross-examine the party making the affidavit. The attorneys for the other side may also cross-examine and may introduce evidence by affidavit or otherwise for the purpose of showing to the court that a continuance should be denied. No application for a continuance shall be considered in the absence of the party making the affidavit, unless his absence be accounted for to the satisfaction of the court. A denial of the continuance shall not be ground for reversal unless the supreme court shall be satisfied that injustice resulted therefrom.
MS Code § 99-15-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-31. Continuance; capital cases

 Application for continuance in capital cases shall not be entertained after the drawing of any special venire which is summoned to appear on the day the case is set for trial, except for causes arising afterward, unless a good excuse be shown for not having made the application before.
MS Code § 99-15-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-33. Continuance; admission of facts in absence of witness

 In all cases of application for continuance, it shall be lawful for the state or the defendant to make any admission of any fact sought to be proved by the other party by any absent witness, and such admission shall have the same effect as if the absent witness or other evidence were present in court, and no more; but if compulsory process will probably obtain the attendance of the absent witness, and the defendant have not had opportunity of obtaining such process, the cause shall be continued, unless the defendant desire a trial.
MS Code § 99-15-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-35. Change of venue; how need shown; grounds

 On satisfactory showing, in writing, sworn to by the prisoner, made to the court, or to the judge thereof in vacation, supported by the affidavits of two or more credible persons, that, by reason of prejudgment of the case, or grudge or ill will to the defendant in the public mind, he cannot have a fair and impartial trial in the county where the offense is charged to have been committed, the circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, may change the venue in any criminal case to a convenient county, upon such terms, as to the costs in the case, as may be proper.
MS Code § 99-15-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-37. Change of venue; transfer of records to removal court

 Upon the order being made changing the venue in a criminal case, the clerk shall make out a transcript of the caption of the record, also of the proceedings impaneling the grand jury, of the indictment, with the entries or indorsements thereon, and all entries relative thereto in the records of his office, of the bonds and recognizances of the defendant, of the names of all the witnesses, and of all orders, judgments, or other papers or proceedings belonging to or had in said cause and attach his certificate thereto, under his hand, with the seal of the court annexed, and forward it, sealed up, by a special messenger, or deliver it himself, together with all the original subpoenas in the case, to the clerk of the circuit court to which the trial is ordered to be removed.
MS Code § 99-15-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-39. Change of venue; defendant to be tried on copy of indictment; specific objections to defects in transcript required

 The defendant, on a change of venue, shall be tried on the copy of the indictment so certified; and the record, proceedings, and papers therein copied and certified, shall, in all respects become, be received, read, and taken as the original record, papers and proceedings in the said cause, and shall have the same force and effect. Defects in the transcript shall not avail the accused if he do not object to them specifically before trial.
MS Code § 99-15-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-41. Change of venue; correcting errors in record

 On suggestion to the court, with satisfactory showing, it may order a more perfect record to be made and certified, or direct the clerk making the same to rectify any errors therein.
MS Code § 99-15-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-43. Change of venue; capital cases

 In capital cases the application for change of venue must be made before the drawing of any special venire which is summoned to appear on the day the case is set for trial, or it will be too late, except where the ground on which such application is based occurred after the drawing of such venire.
MS Code § 99-15-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-45. Change of venue; costs paid by county from which venue is changed

 The county from which the venue is changed shall pay the costs and expenses incident to such change and trial in another county as if such change of venue had not been made.
MS Code § 99-15-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-47. Joint indictments; severance in felonies

 Any of several persons jointly indicted for a felony may be tried separately on making application therefor, in capital cases, before the drawing of any special venire which is summoned to appear on the day the case is set for trial and in other cases, before arraignment.
MS Code § 99-15-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-49. Joint indictments; severance in misdemeanors

 Persons jointly indicted for misdemeanors may be tried jointly or separately, in the discretion of the court.
MS Code § 99-15-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 99 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 15 - Pretrial Proceedings|In General|§ 99-15-51. Dismissal of petty misdemeanor charge upon satisfaction of injured party

 In prosecutions for petty misdemeanors, if the party injured appear before the court where the same shall be pending and acknowledge to have received satisfaction, on motion of the prosecuting attorney the court, if it shall adjudge that the ends of justice will be conserved thereby, may discharge the defendant and dismiss the proceedings and may require the payment of court costs.