Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-53 (2026)
To assist district attorneys
✓ current as of July 2026
The Attorney General shall, when required by the public service or when directed by the Governor, in writing, repair in person, or by any regular or specially designated assistant, to any county or district in the state and assist the district attorney there in the discharge of his duties and in any prosecution against a state officer, and shall have the same right as the district attorney to enter the grand jury room while the grand jury is in session and to perform such services with reference to the work of the grand jury as the district attorney is authorized by law to perform.
Codes, 1892, § 184; 1906, § 190; Hemingway's 1917, § 3478; 1930, § 3674; 1942, § 3845; Laws, 1988, ch. 511, § 5, eff. 7/1/1988.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1990–2014 · leading case: Bush v. State, 585 So. 2d 1262 (Miss. 1991).
Bush v. State, 585 So. 2d 1262 (Miss. 1991). “Bush contends that it was error for Holiman to participate in the trial because he had not been authorized to do so in writing as required by Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-53 . That section provides that: The Attorney General shall, when required by the public service or when directed…”
Harvey Williams, Jr. v. State of Mississippi, 184 So. 3d 908 (Miss. 2014). “Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-53 (Rev. 2014). “Offices” cannot be appointed to assist district attorneys.”
Bell v. State, 678 So. 2d 994 (Miss. 1996). “5 Miss.Code Ann. § 7-5-53 and § 7-5-54 define the extent of the Attorney General’s authority.”
John E. Bell v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1990). “(8) Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-53 and § 7-5-54 define the extent of the Attorney General's authority.”
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