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Mississippi Code 1972
Title 13 - EVIDENCE, PROCESS AND JURIESChapter 1 - EVIDENCE
IN GENERAL
Section 13-1-11 - Conviction, except for perjury or subornation of perjury, as no disqualification

Miss. Code § 13-1-11

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Section 13-1-11 - Conviction, except for perjury or subornation of perjury, as no disqualification

A conviction of a person for any offense, except perjury or subornation of perjury, shall not disqualify such person as a witness, but such conviction may be given in evidence to impeach his credibility. A person convicted of perjury or subornation of perjury shall not afterwards be a competent witness in any case, although pardoned or punished for the same.

Miss. Code § 13-1-11

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, title 8 (18); 1857, ch. 61, art. 191; 1871, § 779; 1880, § 1600; 1892, § 1743; 1906, § 1920; Hemingway's 1917, § 1580; 1930, § 1531; 1942, § 1692.