In the event the death penalty is held to be unconstitutional by the Mississippi Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court, the court having jurisdiction over a person previously sentenced to death shall cause such person to be brought before the court and the court shall sentence such person to imprisonment for life, and such person shall not be eligible for parole.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-107
Life sentence to be imposed if death penalty held to be unconstitutional
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Washington v. Watkins (1981)
Most recently applied in 165 So. 3d 1289 - Mack Arthur King v. State of Mississippi (June 2015)
Laws, 1977, ch. 458, § 5; Laws, 1982, ch. 431, § 6, eff from and after July 1, 1982.
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