The term “infamous crime,” when used in any statute, shall mean offenses punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary.
Miss. Code Ann. § 1-3-19
Infamous crime
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 707 So. 2d 1093 - Mauney v. State Ex Rel. Moore (1998)
Most recently applied in Kelli Jo Griffin v. Paul Pate, in His Official Capacities as the Secretary of State of Iowa, and Denise Fraise, in Her Official Capacities as the County Auditor of Lee County, Iowa (June 2016)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8 (25); 1857, ch. 64, art. 348; 1871, § 2855; 1880, § 3104; 1892, § 1504; 1906, § 1581; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1348; 1930, § 1372; …
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