The rights of the victim do not include the authority to direct the prosecution of the case.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-43-17
Victim not entitled to direct prosecution of case
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Hutto v. State (2017)
Most recently applied in 227 So. 3d 1176 - John Cathcart v. Kenneth Fairly (September 2017)
Laws, 1998, ch. 577, § 9, eff from and after January 1, 1999.
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