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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-59 (2026)

Mayhem

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Every person who, from premeditated design or with intent to kill or commit any felony, shall mutilate, disfigure, disable or destroy the tongue, eye, lip, nose, or any other limb or member of any person, shall be guilty of mayhem, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not more than seven years or in the county jail not less than six months.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 3 (26); 1857, ch. 64, art. 203; 1871, § 2710; 1880, § 2920; 1892, § 1210; 1906, § 1288; Hemingway's 1917, § 1020; 1930, § 1051; 1942, § 2283.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2023 · leading case: Hoops v. State, 681 So. 2d 521 (Miss. 1996).
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Hoops v. State, 681 So. 2d 521 (Miss. 1996). · cites it 2× “The language of the instruction basically tracks that of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-59 and states the following: Second, if you do not find the Defendant, TIMOTHY HOOPS, guilty of aggravated assault, you may consider whether he is guilty of the lesser crime of mayhem.”
Ahmad v. State, 603 So. 2d 843 (Miss. 1992). · cites it 2× “In fact, mayhem is a separate statutory offense pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-59 . The State put on proof through the testimony of its three witnesses that Abdusabr Ahmad tortured, whipped, struck, and abused I.”
State v. Quintana, 2008 WI 33 (Wis. 2008). “15 Only a few modern day criminal codes retain the stand alone crime of mayhem. 2 Wayne R.”
Cobbins v. Chicot Irrigation, Inc. (N.D. Miss. 2023). “Flowers waived indictment and pled guilty to a one- count bill of information charging him with mayhem under Mississippi Code § 97-3-59. Doc. #25-1 at PageID 124–29. In setting forth the facts supporting the charge, the State represented that Flowers “did willfully, unlawfully,…”
Timothy Hoops v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1992). · cites it 2× “The language of the instruction basically tracks that of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-59 and states the following: Second, if you do not find the Defendant, TIMOTHY HOOPS, guilty of aggravated assault, you may consider whether he is guilty of the lesser crime of mayhem.”
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