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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (2026)

Robbery; penalty

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Every person convicted of robbery shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not more than fifteen years.

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 4 (57); 1857, ch. 64, art. 222; 1871, § 2676; 1880, § 2946; 1892, § 1286; 1906, § 1363; Hemingway's 1917, § 1099; 1930, § 1128; 1942, § 2364.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 31 cases, 1986–2016 · leading case: Fluker v. State, 2 So. 3d 717 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008).
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Fluker v. State, 2 So. 3d 717 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 6× “Fluker contends that his total sentence of fifteen years, consisting of three to serve, twelve suspended, and four on post-release supervision, actually exceeds the statutory maximum because it equates to a nineteen-year sentence.”
McCain v. State, 81 So. 3d 1055 (Miss. 2012). · cites it 4× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (Rev.2006). The post-conviction amendment changed the crime charged by the grand jurors, months after they had voted *1065 on it and without their approval, from robbery to robbery as an habitual criminal, which resulted in McCain’s receiving a…”
Beamon v. State, 9 So. 3d 376 (Miss. 2009). · cites it 6× “” Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (Rev.2006). Beamon’s sentence was within the limits set forth by the applicable statute.”
McKee v. State, 791 So. 2d 804 (Miss. 2001). · cites it 2× “" Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (2000). ¶ 9. Through her testimony, the Victim stated that her purse was taken against her will.”
Berry v. State, 722 So. 2d 706 (Miss. 1998). · cites it 3× “" Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (1994). Judge Hatcher's oral pronouncement of sentence was void ab initio, because the judge was without authority to grant a suspended sentence to a convicted felon.”
Holt v. State, 650 So. 2d 1267 (Miss. 1994). · cites it 4× “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-73 defines one type of robbery as feloniously taking the personal property of another by either violence or putting such person in fear of some immediate injury.”
Gaston v. State, 817 So. 2d 613 (Miss. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (Rev.2000). He was to serve five years under post-release supervision, *619 have his time served credited to his sentence, and the remainder suspended, totaling fifteen years.”
Nelson v. State, 626 So. 2d 121 (Miss. 1993). · cites it 2× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-79 (Supp. 1992) prescribing a penalty for robbery with the use of a deadly weapon of not less than three years, if the jury so determines, life and Miss.”
Neal v. State, 936 So. 2d 463 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (Rev.2000). The range for a sentence of the attempt to commit any noncapital felony is the same as for the completed crime.”
Garner v. State, 944 So. 2d 934 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (Rev.2006). When Garner evaluated the State's plea recommendation and made his decision to plead guilty, he was under the erroneous belief that he could be sentenced to life imprisonment were he to proceed to trial and be found guilty, when in fact he…”
Reginald Desmond Wallace v. State of Mississippi, 184 So. 3d 993 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (Rev.2014). 5 .”
Carson v. State, 161 So. 3d 153 (Miss. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-75 (Rev. 2014). ¶ 8.”
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