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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (2026)

Unnatural intercourse

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Every person who shall be convicted of the detestable and abominable crime against nature committed with mankind or with a beast, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of not more than ten years.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 7(20); 1857, ch. 64, art. 238; 1871, § 2701; 1880, § 2968; 1892, § 1321; 1906, § 1396; Hemingway's 1917, § 1139; 1930, § 1170; 1942, § 2413.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases, 1984–2020 · leading case: Jegley v. Picado, 80 S.W.3d 332 (Ark. 2002).
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Jegley v. Picado, 80 S.W.3d 332 (Ark. 2002). · cites it 2× “§ 14:89 (1986); Mississippi- Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (1972); North Carolina-N.”
Miller v. State, 636 So. 2d 391 (Miss. 1994). · cites it 7× “BANKS, Justice, for the Court: James Miller was convicted of unnatural intercourse as proscribed by Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (1972) [1] in the Rankin County Circuit Court and sentenced to serve a prison term of ten years with five years suspended.”
State v. Smith, 766 So. 2d 501 (La. 2000). · cites it 2× “293 (West 1987); Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (1972); Mo. Ann.”
– State v. Williams –, 456 P.3d 540 (Kan. 2020). · cites it 2× “) Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (1972). The State argues that to determine whether Kansas has a comparable statute, the district court must examine the facts of Williams' Mississippi conviction.”
State v. Baxley, 656 So. 2d 973 (La. 1995). “21, § 886 (1994) (maximum ten year imprisonment for first offense); Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (1994) (maximum ten year imprisonment).”
House v. State, 445 So. 2d 815 (Miss. 1984). “[1] , an eight-year-old girl, in violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (1972). The offense allegedly occurred on January 26, 1981.”
Weigand v. Houghton, 730 So. 2d 581 (Miss. 1999). “Further, while David's intimacies with his companion may be "illegal" in Mississippi pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-59, they are not illegal in California and are effected in private and behind locked bedroom doors, well outside of Paul's immediate presence.”
Elmore v. State, 510 So. 2d 127 (Miss. 1987). “1986) (sexual battery of a child); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (1972) (crimes against nature).”
S.B. v. L.W., 793 So. 2d 656 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). “A 1997 amendment to that statute added the sub-section which reads, “Any marriage between persons of the same gender is prohibited and null and void from the beginning.”
Fowler v. Burns Int'l Sec. Servs., Inc., 763 F. Supp. 862 (N.D. Miss. 1991). “” In response to the court’s directions, plaintiff identifies three state statutes which she claims were violated through extortion: (1) Miss.Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (unnatural intercourse); (2) Miss.”
D.H. v. H.H., 830 So. 2d 21 (Ala. 2002). “Penal Code Ann. § 21.06 (Vernon 2001); Utah Code Ann.”
Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986). · cites it 2× “293 (1984) (1-year maximum); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-29-59 (1973) (10-year maximum); Mo.”
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