Every person charged with an offense committed in another state, territory, or country may plead a former conviction or acquittal for the same offense in such other state, territory, or country; and, if such plea be established, it shall be a bar to any further proceedings for the same offense here.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-11-27
Former acquittal or conviction in another jurisdiction
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Evans v. State (1997)
Most recently applied in 743 So. 2d 1050 - Campbell v. State (June 1999)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 2(6); 1857, ch. 64, art. 4; 1871, § 2881; 1880, § 2997; 1892, § 1337; 1906, § 1409; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1164; 1930, § 1189; 1942…
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