Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 63-9-15 (2024)
[Repealed]
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VersionsThis section is repealed; the text below is the last text held.
Repealed by Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 141, eff. 7/1/1991.
Codes, 1942, § 8280; Laws, 1938, ch. 200.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1977–1992 · leading case: Wetz v. State, 503 So. 2d 803 (Miss. 1987).
Wetz v. State, 503 So. 2d 803 (Miss. 1987). “The DUI conviction arguably poses a different problem because of Miss. Code Ann. § 63-9-15 (1972), which reads as follows: The conviction of a person upon a charge of violating any provision of Chapters 3, 5 or 7 of this title, or other traffic regulations less than a felony…”
Marks v. State, 532 So. 2d 976 (Miss. 1988). “Under prerules of evidence law, a DUI conviction was regarded as a misdemeanor of sufficient gravity so as to allow its use for impeachment purposes; thus, the prohibition in Mississippi Code Annotated, Section 63-9-15 (1972), relating to misdemeanor traffic offenses does not…”
Bass v. State, 597 So. 2d 182 (Miss. 1992). “§ 13-1-13 (1972); Miss. Code Ann. § 63-9-15 (1972) (now repealed); Breland v.”
Sanders v. State, 352 So. 2d 822 (Miss. 1977). “There is an exception to the above stated principle as set out in Mississippi Code Annotated section 63-9-15 (1972) regarding traffic violations.”
Gilmore v. Luther McGill, Inc., 491 So. 2d 863 (Miss. 1986). “Section 63-9-15, Mississippi Code Annotated (1972), prohibits showing a conviction of violating traffic regulations, less than a felony, viz: § 63-9-15.”
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