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Miss. Code Ann. § 9-13-43 (2026)

Transcript as prima facie correct; use as evidence

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When a transcript has been made by the official reporter and certified to as being a correct transcript of notes, tapes or audio records of the testimony and other proceedings of the trial, the same shall be prima facie a correct statement thereof and may thereafter be introduced and read in evidence in the trial of any case in any state court of the state of Mississippi, without the necessity of further identification, provided such matter is otherwise admissible.

Codes, 1942, § 1636.1; Laws, 1958, ch. 280, § 2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2024 · leading case: Daniel Paul Copple v. State of Mississippi, 196 So. 3d 189 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016).
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Daniel Paul Copple v. State of Mississippi, 196 So. 3d 189 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 9-13-43 (Rev.2014). "Certification imports absolute authority, and the certified record is the sole evidence of the proceedings below.”
Daggans v. State, 741 So. 2d 1033 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 9-13-43 (Rev.1991). The transcript of the August 30, 1991 hearing concludes with the “Court Reporter’s Certificate” in which the court reporter who prepared the transcript certified “that the above and foregoing 24 pages contain a true, full, and correct…”
John Knight v. State of Mississippi (Miss. Ct. App. 2019). “Nevertheless, the transcript is presumed to be correct, Miss. Code Ann. § 9-13-43 (Rev. 2014), and neither of the parties attempted to correct it through Rule 10(e) of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure.”
Corey Antione Jones a/k/a Corey Jones a/k/a Corey Antione Jones, Jr. v. State of Mississippi (Miss. Ct. App. 2024). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 9-13-43 (Rev. 2019) (“When a transcript has been made by the official reporter and certified to as being a correct transcript .”
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