A defendant in a criminal case before a justice court judge where the potential period of incarceration is more than six (6) months in jail, in like manner as in civil cases, may demand a jury, and thereupon the justice shall proceed as in other cases. If the potential of incarceration is less than six (6) months in jail, there shall be no jury trial.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-33-9
Trial by jury
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Malone v. State (1986)
Most recently applied in Malone v. State (March 1986)
Codes, 1871, § 1330; 1880, § 2226; 1892, § 2428; 1906, § 2757; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2256; 1930, § 2105; 1942, § 1839; Laws, 2008, ch. 319, § 8, eff July 24, 2008 (the date the Un…
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