If the defendant, on arraignment, refuses or neglects to plead, or stands mute, the court must cause the plea of “not guilty” to be entered, and the trial to proceed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-23
Plea entered when defendant stands mute
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Anderson v. State (2001)
Most recently applied in Anderson v. State (September 2001)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 65, art. 2(51); 1857, ch. 64, art. 293; 1871, § 2757; 1880, § 3056; 1892, § 1407; 1906, § 1480; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1238; 1930, § 1261; 1942, § 2504.
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.