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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-21 (2026)

[Repealed]

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Repealed by Laws, 1998, ch. 549, § 7, eff. 7/1/1998.

Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 59; 1871, § 2530; 1880, § 2754; 1892, § 1004; 1906, § 1081; Hemingway's 1917, § 808; 1930, § 828; 1942, § 2054; Laws, 1980, ch. 392; 1985, ch. 389, § 2.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1985–2003 · leading case: Hailey v. State, 537 So. 2d 411 (Miss. 1988).
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Hailey v. State, 537 So. 2d 411 (Miss. 1988). · cites it 5× “The Court did not hold that fondling was a lesser included offense of statutory rape; however, it only held that this Court would not subsume the statutory rape provision of Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-21 (Supp. 1987) into the child fondling statute.”
Collins v. State, 691 So. 2d 918 (Miss. 1997). · cites it 2× “§ 97-3-65 (1) and seduction of a child under age eighteen, Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-21 . Collins was convicted of capital rape.”
Morgan v. State, 681 So. 2d 82 (Miss. 1996). · cites it 2× “For example, Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-21 (1994) makes it a crime to "seduce and have illicit connection with any child younger than such person and under the age of (18) eighteen years.”
Carter v. State, 775 So. 2d 91 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 4× “As a result of plea bargaining between Carter and the district attorney, the indictment was dismissed, and by bill of information, Carter waived indictment and pled guilty to the crime of seduction of a minor under Miss.Code Ann. § 97-5-21 (1994)(repealed in 1998).”
McBrayer v. State, 467 So. 2d 647 (Miss. 1985). · cites it 8× “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-21 (Supp. 1984). That statute makes criminal the seduction of a child under the age of 18, provided the child is "of previously chaste character".”
Friley v. State, 856 So. 2d 654 (Miss. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 6× “On appeal, the defendant asserted that the statutory rape statute, Miss.Code Ann. § 97-5-21 (Supp.1984) [4] , was applicable rather than the child fondling statute.”
State v. Bartlett, 830 P.2d 823 (Ariz. 1992). · cites it 2× “344 (1)(b), (2) (1 to 15 years); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-21 (1 to 10 years); Mont.”
State v. Bartlett, 792 P.2d 692 (Ariz. 1990). “344(1 )(b)(2) (1 to 15 years); Miss.Code Ann. § 97-5-21 (1 to 10 years); Mont.”
Adrian Carter v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1997). · cites it 4× “As a result of plea bargaining between Carter and the district attorney, the indictment was dismissed, and by bill of information, Carter waived indictment and pled guilty to the crime of seduction of a minor under Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-21 (1994)(repealed in 1998).”
Daryl Leonard Morgan v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1992). · cites it 2× “For example, Miss. Code Ann. §97-5-21 (1994) makes it a crime to "seduce and have illicit connection with any child younger than such person and under the age of (18) eighteen years.”
James Collins v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1994). · cites it 2× “§ 97-3-65 (1) and seduction of a child under age eighteen, Miss. Code Ann. § 97-5-21 . Collins was convicted of capital rape.”
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