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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-49 (2026)

Suicide; aiding

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A person who wilfully, or in any manner, advises, encourages, abets, or assists another person to take, or in taking, the latter's life, or in attempting to take the latter's life, is guilty of felony and, on conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (7); 1857, ch. 64, art. 171; 1871, § 2634; 1880, § 2882; 1892, § 1299; 1906, § 1373; Hemingway's 1917, § 1109; 1930, § 1138; 1942, § 2375.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1983–2010 · leading case: Williams v. State, 53 So. 3d 734 (Miss. 2010).
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Williams v. State, 53 So. 3d 734 (Miss. 2010). · cites it 12× “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-49 (Rev.2006). ¶31.”
Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. State, 672 So. 2d 744 (Miss. 1996). · cites it 4× “But see Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-49 (1972) ( advising, encouraging, abetting, or assisting another person to commit suicide is proscribed by statute).”
Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997). “215 (1996); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-49 (1994); Mo. Rev.”
State v. Sage, 510 N.E.2d 343 (Ohio 1987). “215 (West 1964); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-49 (1972); Mo. Ann.”
Williams v. State, 53 So. 3d 761 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 6× “As already stated, Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-3-49, which defines the crime of assisting suicide, provides: A person who wilfully, or in any manner, advises, encourages, abets, or assists another person to take, or in taking, the latter’s life, or in attempting to…”
People v. Kevorkian, 527 N.W.2d 714 (Mich. 1994). · cites it 2× “215; Mississippi, Miss Code Ann 97-3-49; Missouri, Mo Ann Stat 565.”
People v. Ryan N., 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 9104 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001). “215 ; Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-49 ; Mont. Code Ann.”
Forden v. Joseph G., 667 P.2d 1176 (Cal. 1983). “215; Miss. Code Ann., § 97-3-49; Mo. Ann. Stat.”
David Jackson Williams v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 2007). · cites it 14× “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-49 (Rev. 2006). 6 However, so there be no misunderstanding as to a potential dispositive issue discussed by the Court of Appeals, we have considered Williams’s assertions concerning the denial of his constitutional and statutory rights to a speedy trial,…”
City of Akron v. Head, 657 N.E.2d 1389 (Oh. Muni. Ct., Akron 1995). “215 (West 1964); Miss.Code Ann. 97-3-49 (1972); Mo.Ann.Stat.”
Gail D. Nicholson v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1991). · cites it 4× “But see Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-49 (1972) (advising, encouraging, abetting, or assisting another person to commit suicide is proscribed by statute).”
In Re Extradition of Exoo, 522 F. Supp. 2d 766 (S.D.W. Va 2007). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-49 — A person who wilfully, or in any manner, advises, encourages, abets, or assists another person to take, or in taking, the latter’s life, or in attempting to take the latter’s life, is guilty of a felony.”
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