Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-3.2

Minimum time offenders convicted of crime of violence must serve before release; minimum percentage of other sentences offenders must serve before release

Known as the Probation and Parole Law

The act spans §§ 47–47 (47 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Marshall Fisher v. Michael Drankus (2016)

Most recently applied in Marshall Fisher v. Michael Drankus (December 2016)

Laws, 2014, ch. 457, § 42, eff from and after July 1, 2014.

(1) Notwithstanding Sections 47-5-138, 47-5-139, 47-5-138.1 or 47-5-142, no person convictedof a criminal offense on or after July 1, 2014, shall be releasedby the department until he or she has served no less than fifty percent(50%) of a sentence for a crime of violence pursuant to Section 97-3-2 or twenty-fivepercent (25%) of any other sentence imposed by the court.

(2) This sectionshall not apply to: Offenders sentencedto life imprisonment;

(3) Offenders convictedas habitual offenders pursuant to Sections 99-19-81 through 99-19-87;

(4) Offenders servinga sentence for a sex offense; or

(5) Offenders servinga sentence for trafficking pursuant to Section 41-29-139(f).

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.