The answer shall respond to all of the allegations of the motion and shall assert such affirmative defenses as the state may deem appropriate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-13
Answer; affirmative defenses
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Washington v. State (1993)
Most recently applied in Myers v. State (September 2000)
Laws, 1984, ch. 378, § 7, eff from and after passage (approved April 17, 1984
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