Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-11 (2026)
Appeal from judgment of criminal contempt
✓ current as of July 2026
- (1) A person ordered by any tribunal, except the Supreme Court, to be punished for a contempt, may appeal to the court to which other cases are appealable from said tribunal. Where the punishment is either a fine only, or jail confinement only, the appeal shall be allowed upon the posting of a bond, payable to the state, with sufficient sureties, not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), conditioned to abide the results of the appeal. Where the punishment is both a fine and jail confinement, the appeal shall be allowed upon the posting of a bond, not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), conditioned to appear in the court to which the appeal is prosecuted and to abide the results of such appeal.
- (2) The amount of the bonds provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall be fixed by the tribunal appealed from, shall be approved by the sheriff or other officer in whose custody the appellant may be and shall not be construed as a limitation on the amount of any fine which may be imposed.
- (3) All appeals allowed in accordance with the provisions of this section shall operate as a supersedeas.
- (4) The burden of proof in criminal contempt shall be proof beyond a reasonable doubt. A contemnor shall not be entitled to a jury trial unless the contemnor requests a jury trial and unless the fine exceeds Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or the imprisonment exceeds six (6) months.
Codes, 1880, § 2316; 1892, § 38; 1906, § 39; Hemingway's 1917, § 15; 1930, § 18; 1942, § 1152; Laws, 1978, ch. 335, § 11; Laws, 1981, ch. 369, § 1, eff. 7/1/1981.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 31
cases, 1975–2020 · leading case: Walls v. Spell, 722 So. 2d 566 (Miss. 1998).
Walls v. Spell, 722 So. 2d 566 (Miss. 1998). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-11 (4)(Supp.1997).”
City of Mound Bayou v. Johnson, 562 So. 2d 1212 (Miss. 1990). “Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-11 , -12. Under our holding in this case, either one of those courses would have produced the same end result, namely: that the information sought was irrelevant and should bear no weight in enforcing the arbitration award.”
Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Winters, 815 So. 2d 1168 (Miss. 2002). “NOTES [1] Illinois Central appeals under Miss.Code Ann. § 11-51-11 (Supp.2001), appeal from judgment of criminal contempt.”
Miss. Com'n on Jud. Perform. v. Byers, 757 So. 2d 961 (Miss. 2000). “Jeffries's lawyer then asked if Judge Byers would consider an appeal bond, which she refused.”
Cook v. State, 483 So. 2d 371 (Miss. 1986). “Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-11 (4) (Supp. 1985); Coleman v.”
In Re Smith, 926 So. 2d 878 (Miss. 2006). “In this case, the contempt was clearly criminal, as the chancellor's order was to punish Smith for her words and to vindicate the dignity and authority of the court, not to enforce the rights of any of the litigants.”
Purvis v. Purvis, 657 So. 2d 794 (Miss. 1995). “1990); see Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-11 (Supp. 1994) (general statute pertaining to contempt appeals).”
Common Cause of Mississippi v. Smith, 548 So. 2d 412 (Miss. 1989). “Miss. Code Ann., §§ 11-51-11, 11-51-12 (Supp.”
Premeaux v. Smith, 569 So. 2d 681 (Miss. 1990). “Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-11 (4) (Supp. 1990); Varvaris v.”
Varvaris v. State, 512 So. 2d 886 (Miss. 1987). “Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-11 (1972); Prestwood v.”
In re McDonald, 98 So. 3d 1040 (Miss. 2012). “This Court issued orders on June 25, 2010, staying the chancery court’s judgments.”
Mississippi Com'n on Jud. Perf. v. Sanders, 749 So. 2d 1062 (Miss. 1999). “Miss Code Ann. §§ 11-51-11, -12 (Supp.1999).”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-11(4) — 3 cases
Walls v. Spell, 722 So. 2d 566 (Miss. 1998). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 11-51-11 (4)(Supp.1997).”
Pierpont v. Bond, 744 So. 2d 843 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999).
Paul Walls v. Lester Spell (Miss. 1997).
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