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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-21 - Homicide; penalty for first- or second-degree murder or capital murder

(1)
Except as otherwise provided for a juvenile offender in subsection (2) of this section, every person who is:
(a)
Convicted of first-degree murder shall be sentenced by the court to imprisonment for life in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
(b)
Convicted of second-degree murder shall be imprisoned for life in the custody of the Department of Corrections if the punishment is so fixed by the jury in its verdict after a separate sentencing proceeding. If the jury fails to agree on fixing the penalty at imprisonment for life, the court shall fix the penalty at not less than twenty (20) nor more than forty (40) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
(c)
Convicted of capital murder shall be sentenced ( i) to death;( ii) to imprisonment for life in the State Penitentiary without parole; or ( iii) to imprisonment for life in the State Penitentiary with eligibility for parole as provided in Section
47-7-3(1)
( c)(iii).
(2)
(a)
For the purposes of this section, "juvenile offender" means a person who had not reached the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of the commission of the offense.
(b)
A juvenile offender who is convicted of first-degree murder after July 1, 2024, may be sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections if the punishment is so fixed by the jury. If the jury fails to fix the penalty at life imprisonment, the court shall fix the penalty at not less than twenty (20) nor more than forty (40) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
(c)
A juvenile offender who is convicted of capital murder after July 1, 2024, may be sentenced to life imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections or life imprisonment without eligibility for parole in the custody of the Department of Corrections if the punishment is so fixed by the jury. If the jury fails to fix the penalty at life imprisonment or life imprisonment without parole, the court shall fix the penalty at not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than fifty (50) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
(d)
For a juvenile offender who was convicted of first-degree murder or capital murder prior to July 1, 2024, and who is entitled to a hearing under this subsection, the judge who presided over the trial, or a judge appointed by the senior circuit judge, if the presiding judge is unavailable, shall fix the penalty.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 2 (1); 1857, ch. 64, art. 167; 1871, § 2630; 1880, § 2877; 1892, § 1151; 1906, § 1229; Hemingway's 1917, § 959, 1930, § 987; 1942, § 2217; Laws, 1974, ch. 576, § 7; Laws, 1977, ch. 458, § 1; Laws, 1994, ch. 566, § 3, eff. 7/1/1994.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 526, SB 2022,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 555, SB 2377, 2, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-23 - Homicide; death following duels fought out of state

Every person who shall, by previous appointment, agreement, or understanding made in this state, fight a duel without the jurisdiction of this state, and, in so doing, shall inflict a wound upon his antagonist or any other person, whereof the person thus injured die within this state, and every second engaged in such duel, shall be guilty of murder in this state, and may be indicted, tried, and convicted in the county where such death shall happen.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 2 (5); 1857, ch. 64, art. 166; 1871, § 2629; 1880, § 2876; 1892, § 1150; 1906, § 1228; Hemingway's 1917, § 958; 1930, § 986; 1942, § 2216.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-25 - Homicide; killing of child under 18 years of age by perpetrator over 21 years of age; penalties for manslaughter and child homicide

(1)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person convicted of manslaughter shall be fined in a sum not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or both, or in the custody of the Department of Corrections not less than two (2) years, nor more than twenty (20) years.
(2)
(a)
A person is guilty of child homicide if:
(i)
The person is found guilty of manslaughter in circumstances where the killing, although without malice, was intentional and not accidental; and
(ii)
The perpetrator was over the age of twenty-one (21) years and the victim was a child under the age of eighteen (18) years.
(b)
A person found guilty of child homicide shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed thirty (30) years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (20, 21); 1857, ch. 64, art. 183; 1871, § 2646; 1880, § 2894; 1892, § 1167; 1906, § 1245; Hemingway's 1917, § 975; 1930, § 1003; 1942, § 2233.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 379, SB 2255, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-27 - Homicide; killing while committing felony

The killing of a human being without malice, by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of another, while such other is engaged in the perpetration of any felony, except those felonies enumerated in Section
97-3-19(2)(e) and (f)
, or while such other is attempting to commit any felony besides such as are above enumerated and excepted, shall be manslaughter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (6); 1857, ch. 64, art. 170; 1871, § 2633; 1880, § 2880; 1892, § 1154; 1906, § 1232; Hemingway's 1917, § 962; 1930, § 990; 1942, § 2220; Laws, 1994 Ex Sess, ch. 27, § 1, eff. 8/23/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-29 - Homicide; killing while committing a misdemeanor

The killing of a human being without malice, by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of another, while such other is engaged in the perpetration of any crime or misdemeanor not amounting to felony, or in the attempt to commit any crime or misdemeanor, where such killing would be murder at common law, shall be manslaughter.
Codes, 1880, § 2881; 1892, § 1155; 1906, § 1233; Hemingway's 1917, § 963; 1930, 991; 1942, § 2221.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-31 - Homicide; killing unnecessarily, while resisting effort of slain to commit felony or do unlawful act

Every person who shall unnecessarily kill another, either while resisting an attempt by such other person to commit any felony, or to do any unlawful act, or after such attempt shall have failed, shall be guilty of manslaughter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (11); 1857, ch. 64, art. 175; 1871, § 2638; 1880, § 2886; 1892, § 1159; 1906, § 1237; Hemingway's 1917, § 967; 1930, § 995; 1942, § 2225.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-33 - Killing trespasser involuntarily

The involuntary killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of another, while such human being is engaged in the commission of a trespass or other injury to private rights or property, or is engaged in an attempt to commit such injury, shall be manslaughter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (13); 1857, ch. 64, art. 177; 1871, § 2640; 1880, § 2888; 1892, § 1161; 1906, § 1239; Hemingway's 1917, § 969; 1930, § 997; 1942, § 2227.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-35 - Homicide; killing without malice in the heat of passion

The killing of a human being, without malice, in the heat of passion, but in a cruel or unusual manner, or by the use of a dangerous weapon, without authority of law, and not in necessary self-defense, shall be manslaughter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (10), (12); 1857, ch. 64, arts. 174, 176; 1871, §§ 2637, 2639; 1880, §§ 2885, 2887; 1892, §§ 1158, 1160; 1906, §§ 1236, 1238; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 966, 968; 1930, §§ 994, 996; 1942, §§ 2224, 2226.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-37 - Homicide; killing of an unborn child; "human being" includes unborn child at every stage of gestation from conception until live birth for purposes of offenses of assault and homicide; "unborn child" defined; intentional injury to pregnant woman; penalties; provisions of section not applicable to legal medical procedures, including abortion

(1)
For purposes of the offenses enumerated in this subsection (1), the term "human being" includes an unborn child at every stage of gestation from conception until live birth and the term "unborn child" means a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb:
(a)
Section
97-3-7
, simple and aggravated assault and domestic violence;
(b)
Section
97-3-15
, justifiable homicide;
(c)
Section
97-3-17
, excusable homicide;
(d)
Section
97-3-19
, murder, capital murder;
(e)
Section
97-3-27
, homicide while committing a felony;
(f)
Section
97-3-29
, homicide while committing a misdemeanor;
(g)
Section
97-3-33
, killing a trespasser unnecessarily;
(h)
Section
97-3-35
, killing without malice in the heat of passion;
(i)
Section
97-3-45
, homicide by means of a dangerous animal;
(j)
Section
97-3-47
, all other homicides;
(k)
Section
97-3-61
, poisoning with intent to kill or injure.
(2)
A person who intentionally injures a pregnant woman is guilty of a crime as follows:
(a)
If the conduct results in a miscarriage or stillbirth by that individual, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years or a fine of not more than Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00), or both.
(b)
If the conduct results in serious physical injury to the embryo or fetus, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years or a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(c)
If the conduct results in minor physical injury to the embryo or fetus, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
(3)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any legal medical procedure performed by a licensed physician or other licensed medical professional, including legal abortions, when done at the request of a mother of an unborn child or the mother's legal guardian, or to the lawful dispensing or administration of lawfully prescribed medication.
(4)
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit prosecution of an offender pursuant to the provisions of any other applicable statute.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (8); 1857, ch. 64, art. 172; 1871, § 2635; 1880, § 2883; 1892, § 1156; 1906, § 1234; Hemingway's 1917, § 964; 1930, § 992; 1942, § 2222; Laws, 2000, ch. 337, § 1; Laws, 2004, ch. 515, § 3; Laws, 2004, ch. 521, § 1; Laws, 2011, ch. 307, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-39 - Homicide; drunken doctor, etc., unintentionally causing death

If any physician or other person, while in a state of intoxication, shall, without a design to effect death, administer or cause to be administered, any poison, drug, or other medicine, or shall perform any surgical operation on another, which shall cause the death of such other person, he shall be guilty of manslaughter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (17); 1857, ch. 64, art. 181; 1871, § 2644; 1880, § 1892, § 1165; 1906, § 1243; Hemingway's 1917, § 973; 1930, § 1001; 1942, § 2231.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-41 - Homicide; overloading boat

Any person navigating any boat or vessel for gain, who shall wilfully or negligently receive so many passengers, or such quantity of lading, that by means thereof such boat or vessel shall sink or overset, and thereby any human being shall be drowned or otherwise killed, shall be guilty of manslaughter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (15); 1857, ch. 64, art. 179; 1871, § 2642; 1880, § 2890; 1892, § 1163; 1906, § 1241; Hemingway's 1917, § 971; 1930, § 999; 1942, § 2229.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-43 - Homicide; ignorant or negligent management of steamboat or railroad engine

If any captain, engineer, or any other person having charge of a steamboat or railroad engine connected with a car or cars used for the conveyance of passengers; or if the engineer or other person having charge of the boiler of such boat or engine, or of any other apparatus for the generation of steam, shall, from ignorance or gross neglect, or for the purpose of excelling any other boat in speed, or for the purpose of unusual speed, create or allow to be created such an undue quantity of steam as to burst or break the boiler or other apparatus in which it shall be generated, or any apparatus or machinery connected therewith, or shall thereby cause the said engine or cars to run off of said railroad track, or from any other ignorant or gross neglect shall permit or cause such cars or engine to be thus thrown, by which bursting, breaking, or running off the track any person shall be killed, every such captain, engineer, or other person, shall be guilty of manslaughter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (16); 1857, ch. 64, art. 180; 1871, § 2643; 1880, § 2891; 1892, § 1164; 1906, § 1242; Hemingway's 1917, § 972; 1930, § 1000; 1942, § 2230.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-45 - Homicide; owner of dangerous animal

If the owner of a mischievous animal, knowing its propensity, wilfully suffer it to go at large, or shall keep it without ordinary care, and such animal, while so at large, or not confined, kill any human being who shall have taken reasonable precautions to avoid the animal, such owner shall be guilty of manslaughter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (14); 1857, ch. 64, art. 178; 1871, § 2641; 1880, § 2889; 1892, § 1162; 1906, § 1240; Hemingway's 1917, § 970; 1930, § 998; 1942, § 2228.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-47 - Homicide; all other killings

Every other killing of a human being, by the act, procurement, or culpable negligence of another, and without authority of law, not provided for in this title, shall be manslaughter.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (19); 1857, ch. 64, art. 182; 1871, § 2645; 1880, § 2893; 1892, § 1166; 1906, § 1244; Hemingway's 1917, § 974; 1930, § 1002; 1942, § 2232.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-49 - Suicide; aiding

A person who wilfully, or in any manner, advises, encourages, abets, or assists another person to take, or in taking, the latter's life, or in attempting to take the latter's life, is guilty of felony and, on conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (7); 1857, ch. 64, art. 171; 1871, § 2634; 1880, § 2882; 1892, § 1299; 1906, § 1373; Hemingway's 1917, § 1109; 1930, § 1138; 1942, § 2375.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-51 - Interstate removal of child under age fourteen by noncustodial parent or relative

(1)
For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meaning herein ascribed unless the context otherwise clearly requires:
(a)
"Child" means a person under the age of fourteen (14) years at the time a violation of this section is alleged to have occurred.
(b)
"Court order" means an order, decree or judgment of any court of this state which is competent to decide child custody matters.
(2)
It shall be unlawful for any noncustodial parent or relative with intent to violate a court order awarding custody of a child to another to remove the child from this state or to hold the child out of state after the entry of a court order.
(3)
Any person convicted of a violation of subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of a felony and may be punished by a fine of not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or by imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term not to exceed three (3) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(4)
The provisions of this section shall not be construed to repeal, modify or amend any other criminal statute of this state.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (27, 29); 1857, ch. 64, arts. 186, 188; 1871, §§ 2649, 2651; 1880, §§ 2897, 2899; 1892, § 1171; 1906, § 1249; Hemingway's 1917, § 979; 1930, § 1007; 1942, § 2237; Former § 97-3-51, repealed, 1980, ch. 394; added, 1984, ch. 469; Laws, 1995, ch. 583, § 1, eff. 7/1/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-52 - Prohibition against selling, buying, offering to sell and offering to buy child or unborn child; penalties

(1)
Selling, buying, offering to sell and offering to buy a child or an unborn child is prohibited and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00), imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a term not to exceed ten (10) years, or both.
(2)
This section shall not be construed so as to prohibit any payment to an entity licensed for child placing or as otherwise authorized under Section
43-15-117
.
Laws, 2009, ch. 450, § 13, eff. 7/1/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-53 - Kidnapping; punishment

Any person who, without lawful authority and with or without intent to secretly confine, shall forcibly seize and confine any other person, or shall inveigle or kidnap any other person with intent to cause such person to be confined or imprisoned against his or her will, or without lawful authority shall forcibly seize, inveigle or kidnap any vulnerable person as defined in Section
43-47-5
or any child under the age of sixteen (16) years against the will of the parents or guardian or person having the lawful custody of the child, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for life in the custody of the Department of Corrections if the punishment is so fixed by the jury in its verdict. If the jury fails to agree on fixing the penalty at imprisonment for life, the court shall fix the penalty at not less than one (1) year nor more than thirty (30) years in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
This section shall not be held to repeal, modify or amend any other criminal statute of this state.
Codes, 1942, § 2238; Laws, 1932, ch. 301; Laws, 1974, ch. 576, § 3; Laws, 2004, ch. 365, § 1; Laws, 2011, ch. 341, § 1, eff. 7/1/2011.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-54 - Human Trafficking Act; short title

Sections
97-3-54
through
97-3-54.9
may be known and cited as the Mississippi Human Trafficking Act.
Laws, 2006, ch. 583, § 2, eff. 7/1/2006.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 543, HB 673, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-54.2 - Human Trafficking Act; destruction, concealment, or confiscation of passport or other immigration document for purpose of preventing person's freedom of movement or ability to travel; penalties

Anyone who knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates or possesses, or attempts to destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate or possess, any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document of any person to prevent or restrict, or attempt to prevent or restrict, without lawful authority, the person's liberty to move or travel in order to maintain the labor or services of that person, when the person is or has been a victim of a violation set out in Section
97-3-54.1
, shall be punished by commitment to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years.
Laws, 2006, ch. 583, § 4, eff. 7/1/2006.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-54.3 - Human Trafficking Act; aiding, abetting, or conspiring to violate human trafficking provisions

A person who knowingly aids, abets or conspires with one or more persons to violate the Mississippi Human Trafficking Act shall be considered a principal in the offense and shall be indicted and punished as such whether the principal has been previously convicted or not.
Laws, 2006, ch. 583, § 5, eff. 7/1/2006.
Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 543, HB 673, 3, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-54.5 - Human Trafficking Act; use of undercover operative in detection of offense permitted

The fact that an undercover operative or law enforcement officer was involved in any manner in the detection and investigation of an offense under this act shall not constitute a defense to a prosecution under this act.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 543, HB 673, 5, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-54.8 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 2022, ch. 427, SB 2321,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 420, HB 571,§ 11, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Laws, 2017EX1, ch. 7, SB 2001,§ 41, eff. 6/23/2017.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 543, HB 673, 8, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-54.9 - Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator; duties

(1)
There is created the position of statewide human trafficking coordinator within the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Public Safety office. The duties of the coordinator shall be as follows:
(a)
Coordinate the implementation of this act;
(b)
Evaluate state efforts to combat human trafficking;
(c)
Collect data on human trafficking activity within the state on an ongoing basis, including types of activities reported, efforts to combat human trafficking, and impact on victims and on the state;
(d)
Exclude from publicly released portions of the data collected under subsection (1)(c) the identity of any victim and the victim's family;
(e)
Promote public awareness about human trafficking, remedies and services for victims, and national hotline information;
(f)
Create and maintain a website to publicize the coordinator's work;
(g)
Submit to the Legislature an annual report of its evaluation under subsection (1)(b) and any other annual report required by law, including any recommendations, and summary of data collected under subsection (1)(c) and any other data otherwise required by law to be collected by the coordinator;
(h)
Assist in the creation and operations of local human trafficking task forces or working groups around the state, including serving on a task force or a multidisciplinary child protection team;
(i)
Conduct other activities, including, but not limited to, applying for grants to enhance investigation and prosecution of trafficking offenses or to improve victim services to combat human trafficking within this state which are appropriate; and
(j)
Perform any other duties specifically required by law for the coordinator.
(2)
The coordinator shall be authorized to seek input and assistance from state agencies, nongovernmental agencies, service providers and other individuals in the performance of the foregoing duties.
(3)
Each state agency, board and commission shall be required to fully cooperate with the coordinator in the performance of the duties of that position.
(4)
Every investigation of an offense under this chapter shall be reported to the coordinator by the initiating law enforcement agency pursuant to guidelines established by the coordinator.
(5)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
43-21-261
, disclosure by any state agency, nongovernmental agency, service provider or local or state law enforcement agency of nonidentifying information regarding a minor victim to the coordinator for the purposes of evaluating and collecting data regarding trafficking offenses in the state is specifically authorized.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 427, SB 2321,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2019, ch. 420, HB 571,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2019.
Added by Laws, 2013, ch. 543, HB 673, 9, eff. 7/1/2013.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-54.10 - Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund; authorization to establish program to fund certain victim service providers for victims of human trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation

The Office of the Attorney General is authorized to establish a program to fund victim service providers that offer shelter, counseling, medical needs, transitional housing and other related services to victims of human trafficking and victims of commercial sexual exploitation at no charge to the victim. The program shall be funded from monies in the "Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund." The Office of the Attorney General, shall have the authority to promulgate the administrative rules that are necessary and proper to further carry out the purposes of Sections
97-3-54.10
through
97-3-54.13
.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 493, HB 1559,§ 1, eff. 7/8/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-54.13 - Victims of Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Fund; confidentiality of information identifying victims; disclosure of physical location of shelter to public or private agency

(1)
Any employee, contractor, volunteer or agent of a human trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation shelter receiving funds under Sections
97-3-54.10
through
97-3-54.13
, or of any other entity in possession of information which would tend to identify a victim of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation, shall comply and be held liable as provided in Section
93-21-125
.
(2)
A resident, employee, contractor, volunteer or agent of a human trafficking shelter, commercial sexual exploitation shelter or victim services provider receiving funds under Sections
97-3-54.10
through
97-3-54.13
shall not be required to disclose the street address or physical location of that shelter to any public or private agency. In all cases where the provision of a physical address is required, a post office box address for the human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation shelter shall be deemed sufficient.
Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 493, HB 1559,§ 4, eff. 7/8/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-55 - Libel; penalty

Any person who shall be convicted of writing or publishing any libel, shall be fined in such sum or imprisoned in the county jail for such term as the court, in its discretion, may adjudge, having regard to the nature and enormity of the offense, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 65, art. 2 (61); 1857, ch 64, art. 199; 1871, § 2706; 1880, § 2195; 1892, § 1197; 1906, § 1275; Hemingway's 1917, § 1007; 1930, § 1036; 1942, § 2268.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-57 - Libel; truth as defense

In every criminal prosecution for libel it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial, to give in evidence the truth of the matter written or published, and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the defendant shall be acquitted.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 2 (60); 1857, ch. 64, art. 200; 1871, § 2707; 1880, § 2916; 1892, § 1198; 1906, § 1276; Hemingway's 1917, § 1008; 1930, § 1037; 1942, § 2269.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-59 - Mayhem

Every person who, from premeditated design or with intent to kill or commit any felony, shall mutilate, disfigure, disable or destroy the tongue, eye, lip, nose, or any other limb or member of any person, shall be guilty of mayhem, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than seven years or in the county jail not less than six months.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (26); 1857, ch. 64, art. 203; 1871, § 2710; 1880, § 2920; 1892, § 1210; 1906, § 1288; Hemingway's 1917, § 1020; 1930, § 1051; 1942, § 2283.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-61 - Poisoning with intent to kill or injure

Every person who shall mingle any poison with any food, drink, or medicine with intent to kill or injure any human being, or who shall wilfully poison any well, spring, or reservoir of water, shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years, or in the county jail not exceeding one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (35); 1857, ch. 64, art. 214; 1871, § 2670; 1880, § 2937; 1892, § 1255; 1906, § 1331; Hemingway's 1917, § 1064; 1930, § 1095; 1942, § 2328.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-63 - Poisoning with intent to kill; where death does not ensue

Every person who shall be convicted of having administered, or having caused or procured to be administered, any poison to any human being with intent to kill such human being, whereof death shall not ensue, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than ten years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (34); 1857, ch 64, art. 213, 1871; § 2669; 1880, § 2936; 1892, § 1254; 1906, § 1330; Hemingway's 1917, § 1063; 1930, § 1094; 1942, § 2327.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-67 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1998, ch. 549, § 6, eff. 7/1/1998.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1093; 1930, § 1123; 1942, § 2359; Laws, 1914, ch. 171; 1962, ch. 320; 1980, ch. 390; 1985, ch. 389, § 4.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-68 - Rape; procedure for introducing evidence of sexual conduct of complaining witness; "complaining witness" defined

(1)
In any prosecution for rape under Section
97-3-65
or
97-3-71
, if evidence of sexual conduct of the complaining witness is offered to attack the credibility of said complaining witness, the following procedure shall be followed:
(a)
A written motion shall be made by the defendant to the court and prosecutor stating that the defense has an offer of proof of the relevancy of evidence of the sexual conduct of the complaining witness proposed to be presented and its relevancy in attacking the credibility of the complaining witness.
(b)
The written motion shall be accompanied by an affidavit in which the offer of proof shall be stated.
(c)
If the court finds that the offer of proof is sufficient, the court shall order a closed hearing in chambers, out of the presence of the jury, if any, and at such closed hearing allow the questioning of the complaining witness regarding the offer of proof made by the defendant.
(d)
At the conclusion of the hearing, if the court finds that evidence proposed to be offered by the defendant regarding the sexual conduct of the complaining witness is relevant and otherwise admissible, the court may make an order stating what evidence may be introduced by the defendant, and the nature of the questions to be permitted. The defendant may then offer evidence pursuant to the order of the court.
(2)
As used in this section and Section
97-3-70
, "complaining witness" means the alleged victim of the crime charged, the prosecution of which is subject to this section.
Laws, 1977, ch. 438, § 1, eff. 7/1/1977.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 483, HB 995,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-69 - Rape; uncorroborated testimony of victim insufficient

In the trial of all cases under Section
97-3-68
, no person shall be convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of the injured person.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1094; 1930, § 1124; 1942, § 2360; Laws, 1914, ch. 171.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 483, HB 995,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-70 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 141, eff. 7/1/1991.
Laws, 1977, ch. 438, § 2.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-71 - Rape; assault with intent of forcible sexual penetration of any person

Every person who shall be convicted of an assault with intent of forcible sexual penetration of any person shall be punished by imprisonment in the Penitentiary for life, or for such shorter time as may be fixed by the jury, or by the court upon the entry of a plea of guilty.
Codes, 1906, § 1359; Hemingway's 1917, § 1096; 1930, § 1125; 1942, § 2361; Laws, 1962, ch. 321, eff. 3/8/1962.
Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 483, HB 995,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-73 - Robbery; definition

Every person who shall feloniously take the personal property of another, in his presence or from his person and against his will, by violence to his person or by putting such person in fear of some immediate injury to his person, shall be guilty of robbery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4 (55); 1857, ch. 64, art. 220; 1871, § 2674; 1880, § 2944; 1892, § 1284; 1906, § 1361; Hemingway's 1917, § 1097; 1930, § 1126; 1942, § 2362.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-75 - Robbery; penalty

Every person convicted of robbery shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not more than fifteen years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4 (57); 1857, ch. 64, art. 222; 1871, § 2676; 1880, § 2946; 1892, § 1286; 1906, § 1363; Hemingway's 1917, § 1099; 1930, § 1128; 1942, § 2364.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-77 - Robbery; threat to injure person or relative at another time

Every person who shall feloniously take the personal property of another, in his presence or from his person, which shall have been delivered or suffered to be taken through fear of some injury threatened to be inflicted at some different time to his person or property, or to the person of any member of his family or relative, which fear shall have been produced by the threats of the person so receiving or taking such property, shall be guilty of robbery.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4 (56); 1857, ch. 64, art. 221; 1871, § 2675; 1880, § 2945; 1892, § 1285; 1906, § 1362; Hemingway's 1917, § 1098; 1930, § 1127; 1942, § 2363.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-79 - Robbery; use of deadly weapon

Every person who shall feloniously take or attempt to take from the person or from the presence the personal property of another and against his will by violence to his person or by putting such person in fear of immediate injury to his person by the exhibition of a deadly weapon shall be guilty of robbery and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for life in the state penitentiary if the penalty is so fixed by the jury; and in cases where the jury fails to fix the penalty at imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary the court shall fix the penalty at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for any term not less than three (3) years.
Codes, 1942, § 2367; Laws, 1932, ch. 328; Laws, 1974, ch. 576, § 4, eff. 4/23/1974.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-81 - Robbery; threatening letter demanding money, property

Every person who shall knowingly send or deliver, or shall make, and, for the purpose of being sent or delivered, shall part with the possession of any letter or writing with or without a name subscribed thereto, or signed with a fictitious name, or with any letter, mark, or other designation, threatening therein to accuse any person of a crime or to do any injury to the person or property of any one, with a view or intent to extort or gain money or property of any description belonging to another, shall be guilty of an attempt to rob, and shall, on conviction be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4 (58); 1857, ch. 64, art. 223; 1871, § 2677; 1880, § 2947; 1892, § 1287; 1906, § 1364; Hemingway's 1917, § 1100; 1930, § 1129; 1942, § 2365.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-83 - Robbery; bonds, bills, notes, etc., cotton receipts and railroad tickets

Robbery of obligations or bonds, bill obligatory, bank bills or bills of exchange, promissory notes for the payment of any money or specific property, paper bills of credit, cotton receipts, railroad passenger tickets, certificates granted by or under authority of this state or the United States, or any state, territory, or district therein, or of any foreign country, shall be punished in the same manner, both as to the principal and accessory, as robbery of goods and chattels.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 224; 1871, § 2678; 1880, § 2948; 1892, § 1290; 1906, § 1365; Hemingway's 1917, § 1101; 1930, § 1130; 1942, § 2366.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-85 - Threats and intimidation; by letter or notice

If any person shall post, mail, deliver, or drop a threatening letter or notice to another, whether such other be named or indicated therein or not, with intent to terrorize or to intimidate such other, he shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, or by fine not more than five hundred dollars, or both.
Codes, 1892, § 1303; 1906, § 1377; Hemingway's 1917, § 1117; 1930, § 1147; 1942, § 2384.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-87 - Threats and intimidation; whitecapping

Any person or persons who shall, by placards, or other writing, or verbally, attempt by threats, direct or implied, of injury to the person or property of another, to intimidate such other person into an abandonment or change of home or employment, shall, upon conviction, be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding six months, or in the penitentiary not exceeding five years, as the court, in its discretion may determine.
Codes, 1906, § 1398; Hemingway's 1917, § 1141; 1930, § 1173; 1942, § 2416.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-89 - Timber, trees and saw logs; tampering with to injure or harass the owner prohibited

Any person who shall maliciously and knowingly drive, force, place, or otherwise insert, or cause to be driven, forced, placed or otherwise inserted any piece or kind of iron, steel, or metallic spike, nail, bar, rod, explosive, or other substance of any kind whatsoever into any kind of saw timber, trees, logs, or timber or logs, standing or fallen, which are not his own, and which are, or may be classed as commercial, or merchantable timber, logs or trees, from which lumber may be produced, with the intent and purpose of annoying, harassing, injuring or damaging the owner of same, in his person or property, or any other person, or for any other unauthorized purpose whatsoever, without the consent of the owner of such timber, logs, or trees, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not less than three months nor more than six months, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1120; 1930, § 1150; 1942, § 2387; Laws, 1914, ch. 143.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-91 - Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when injury occurs

When any person shall be physically injured in handling, sawing, squaring, or otherwise manufacturing such trees, logs, or timber into lumber, or other sawmill products, by reason of such metallic or explosive substances having been driven, inserted or placed in such timber, trees, or logs, the person so offending shall be guilty of a felony and on conviction shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a period of not more than ten years.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1121; 1930, § 1151; 1942, § 2388; Laws, 1914, ch. 143.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-93 - Timber, trees and saw logs; penalty for tampering when death results

Whenever the death of any person shall be caused by reason of such metallic or explosive substances having been driven, placed or inserted in such merchantable timber as provided in Section
97-3-89
, the person so offending shall be guilty of manslaughter, and upon conviction shall be punished as the law directs.
Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1122; 1930, § 1152; 1942, § 2389; Laws, 1914, ch. 143.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-95 - Sexual battery

(1)
A person is guilty of sexual battery if he or she engages in sexual penetration with:
(a)
Another person without his or her consent;
(b)
A mentally defective, mentally incapacitated or physically helpless person;
(c)
A child at least fourteen (14) but under sixteen (16) years of age, if the person is thirty-six (36) or more months older than the child; or
(d)
A child under the age of fourteen (14) years of age, if the person is twenty-four (24) or more months older than the child.
(2)
A person is guilty of sexual battery if he or she engages in sexual penetration with a child under the age of eighteen (18) years if the person is in a position of trust or authority over the child including without limitation the child's teacher, counselor, physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, minister, priest, physical therapist, chiropractor, legal guardian, parent, stepparent, aunt, uncle, scout leader or coach.
Laws, 1980, ch. 450, § 1; Laws, 1983, ch. 429, § 3; Laws, 1985, ch. 389, § 6; Laws, 1993, ch. 512, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 549, § 3, eff. 7/1/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-97 - Sexual battery; definitions

For purposes of Sections
97-3-95
through
97-3-103
the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Sexual penetration" includes cunnilingus, fellatio, buggery or pederasty, any penetration of the genital or anal openings of another person's body by any part of a person's body, and insertion of any object into the genital or anal openings of another person's body.
(b)
A "mentally defective person" is one who suffers from a mental disease, defect or condition which renders that person temporarily or permanently incapable of knowing the nature and quality of his or her conduct.
(c)
A "mentally incapacitated person" is one rendered incapable of knowing or controlling his or her conduct, or incapable of resisting an act due to the influence of any drug, narcotic, anesthetic, or other substance administered to that person without his or her consent.
(d)
A "physically helpless person" is one who is unconscious or one who for any other reason is physically incapable of communicating an unwillingness to engage in an act.
Laws, 1980, ch. 450, § 2, eff. 7/1/1980.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-99 - [Repealed]

Laws, 1980, ch. 450, § 3; Laws, 1993, ch. 469, § 1, eff. 3/27/1993.
Repealed by Laws, 2023, ch. 483, HB 995,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2023.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 97 - CRIMES (§§ 97-1-1 — 97-47-9) › Chapter 3 - CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 97-3-1 — 97-3-NEW-006) › Section 97-3-103 - Sexual battery; relationship with other criminal statutes

Sections
97-3-95
through
97-3-103
shall not be held to repeal, modify or amend any other criminal statute of this state.
Laws, 1980, ch. 450, § 5, eff. 7/1/1980.