Notwithstandingany other provision of law to the contrary, if a court finds by apreponderance of the evidence, that a probationer or a person underpost-release supervision has committed a felony or absconded, thecourt may revoke his probation and impose any or all of the sentence.For purposes of this section, “absconding from supervision”means the failure of a probationer to report to his supervising officerfor six (6) or more consecutive months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-37.1
Revocation of probation or post-release supervision
Known as the Probation and Parole Law
The act spans §§ 47–47 (47 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Timothy T. Hobson v. State of Mississippi (2017)
Most recently applied in Todd Michael Claverie v. State of Mississippi (March 2018)
Laws, 2015, ch. 448, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved Apr. 20, 2015.
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.