Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 33-13-27 (2026)
Punishment prohibited before trial
✓ current as of July 2026
Subject to Section 33-13-355, no person, while being held for trial or the result of trial, may be subjected to punishment or penalty other than arrest or confinement upon the charges pending against him, nor shall the arrest or confinement imposed upon him be any more rigorous than the circumstances require to insure his presence, but he may be subjected to minor punishment during that period for infractions of discipline.
Former § 33-13-63 [Codes, 1942, § 8529-13; Laws, 1966, ch. 538, § 13] repealed by Laws, 1981, ch. 362, § 102, eff. 7/1/1981, amended and recodified as § 33-13-27 by Laws, 1981, ch. 362, § 15, eff. 7/1/1981.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1991–1991 · leading case: Farmer v. Mabus, 757 F. Supp. 1462 (S.D. Miss. 1991).
Farmer v. Mabus, 757 F. Supp. 1462 (S.D. Miss. 1991). “Miss.Code Ann. § 33-13-27 (1972). The Court therefore finds that suspension of Plaintiff pending the resolution of the court martial proceeding is not lawful under this provision of the Military Code.”
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