Chapter
Post-Conviction Proceedings
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-1— Short title
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-3— Purpose
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-5— Grounds for relief; time limitations; “biological evidence” defined
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-7— Filing motion in trial court; filing motion to proceed in trial court with supreme court
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-9— Requirements of motion and service
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-11— Judicial examination of original motion; dismissal; filing answer; court ordered testing of biological evidence
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-13— Answer; affirmative defenses
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-15— Requests for discovery
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-17— Expansion of record
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-19— Evidentiary hearing; summary judgment
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-21— Procedural waiver of objections, defenses, claims; collateral estoppel; res judicata; burden of proof
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-23— Conduct of evidentiary hearing; right to counsel; finality of order as bar to subsequent motions; burden of proof; appointment of postconviction counsel in death penalty cases
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-25— Right to appeal; stay of judgment; bail on appeal
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-27— Application to Supreme Court for leave to proceed in trial court; grant of relief; dismissal or denial as res judicata
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-28— Supreme Court to establish rules for post-conviction proceedings in capital cases
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-29— Stay of death penalty execution
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-101— Short title
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-103— Office of Post-Conviction Counsel created; personnel; appointment to office; qualifications; removal
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-105— Purpose of office
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-107— Duties of office; attorneys appointed to office to be full time
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-109— Compensation
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-111— Office hours of operation
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-113— Powers and duties of director; requirement of surety bond
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-115— Director to keep a docket of all death penalty cases in Mississippi
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-117— Conflict of interest; employment of qualified private counsel; payment of fees and expenses; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel Fund
- Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-119— Director authorized to solicit funds for purpose of funding and operating office