Any person convicted of an offense in a circuit court may appeal to the Supreme Court. However, where the defendant enters a plea of guilty and is sentenced, then no appeal from the circuit court to the Supreme Court shall be allowed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-35-101
Right of appeal
Applied in 65 court decisions — leading case 554 So. 2d 313 - Trotter v. State (1989)
Most recently applied in Wallace v. State of Mississippi (August 2022)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 63, art. 7(1); 1857, ch. 64, arts. 306, 307; 1871, § 2841; 1880, § 2314; 1892, § 36; Laws, 1906, § 37; Hemingway’s 1917, § 12; Laws, 1930, § 16; La…
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