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Mississippi Code 1972
Title 99 - CRIMINAL PROCEDUREChapter 15 - PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS
IN GENERAL
Section 99-15-31 - Continuance; capital cases

Miss. Code § 99-15-31

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Section 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.

Miss. Code § 99-15-31

Codes, 1880, § 3059; 1892, § 1409; Laws, 1906, § 1482; Hemingway's 1917, § 1240; Laws, 1930, § 1263; Laws, 1942, § 2506; Laws, 1985, ch. 443, § 3, eff. 7/1/1985.