Unless good cause be shown, and a continuance duly granted by the court, all offenses for which indictments are presented to the court shall be tried no later than two hundred seventy (270) days after the accused has been arraigned.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1
Indictments to be tried within 270 days of arraignment
Applied in 173 court decisions — leading case 691 So. 2d 948 - Herring v. State (1997)
Most recently applied in Russell v. Denmark (May 2023)
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 285; 1871, § 2785; 1880, § 3073; 1892, § 1421; 1906, § 1494; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1252; 1930, § 1275; 1942, § 2518; Laws, 1976, ch. 420, eff from and af…
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