The court having jurisdiction or the prosecutor shall not reduce any charge under this chapter to a lesser charge.
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-39
Reduction of charges under chapter
Known as the Mississippi Implied Consent Law
The act spans §§ 63–63 (35 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 749 So. 2d 250 - Porter v. State (1999)
Most recently applied in Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance v. Little (September 2011)
Laws, 1992, ch. 500, § 5; Laws, 1996, ch. 527, § 13, eff from and after July 2, 1996.
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