Mississippi § 99-1-9 - Time limitation on prosecutions; additional year allowed in certain cases.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 99-1-9 — Time limitation on prosecutions; additional year allowed in certain cases., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 99-1-9. Time limitation on prosecutions; additional year allowed in certain cases.
When an indictment shall be lost or destroyed, or quashed or abated, or the judgment thereon arrested or reversed for any defect therein or in the record, or for any matter of form or other cause, not being an acquittal on the merits, the further time of one year from the time when such indictment shall be lost, destroyed, quashed or abated, or the judgment thereon arrested or reversed, shall be allowed for the finding of a new indictment.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 99-1-9 cover?
Section 99-1-9 ("Time limitation on prosecutions; additional year allowed in certain cases.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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