Miss. Code Ann. § 97-37-37

Enhanced penalty for use of firearm during commission of felony

Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 73 So. 3d 1113 - Wales v. State (2011)

Most recently applied in 269 So. 3d 1262 - Jarvis Brown v. State of Mississippi (September 2018)

Laws, 2004, ch. 392, § 1; Laws, 2007, ch. 323, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2007.

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(1) Except to the extent that a greater minimum sentence is otherwise provided by any other provision of law, any person who uses or displays a firearm during the commission of any felony shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections of five (5) years, which sentence shall not be reduced or suspended.

(2) Except to the extent that a greater minimum sentence is otherwise provided by any other provision of law, any convicted felon who uses or displays a firearm during the commission of any felony shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections of ten (10) years, to run consecutively, not concurrently, which sentence shall not be reduced or suspended.

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