The term “felony,” when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-11
Felony
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Stewart v. Winter (1982)
Most recently applied in 271 So. 3d 513 - Christopher Toliver v. State of Mississippi (October 2018)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (24); 1857, ch. 64, art. 348; 1871, § 2855; 1880, § 3104; 1892, § 1503; 1906, § 1578; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1345; 1930, § 1369; …
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