Every person who, from premeditated design or with intent to kill or commit any felony, shall mutilate, disfigure, disable or destroy the tongue, eye, lip, nose, or any other limb or member of any person, shall be guilty of mayhem, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than seven years or in the county jail not less than six months.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-59
Mayhem
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 681 So. 2d 521 - Hoops v. State (1996)
Most recently applied in State v. Quintana (May 2008)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (26); 1857, ch. 64, art. 203; 1871, § 2710; 1880, § 2920; 1892, § 1210; 1906, § 1288; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1020; 1930, § 1051; …
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