Before the introduction of the evidence, the plaintiff may briefly state his case orally to the jury, and the evidence by which he expects to sustain it. Then the defendant may briefly state his case, and the evidence by which he expects to support it.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-7-147
Opening statements allowed
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Branch v. State (2004)
Most recently applied in 973 So. 2d 184 - Spicer v. State (November 2007)
Codes, 1892, § 728; 1906, § 789; Hemingway’s 1917, § 573; 1930, § 582; 1942, § 1526.
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Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.