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Miss. Code Ann. § 97-7-69 (2024)

Treason; essential proof

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A person shall not be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on his own confession in open court.

Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 237; 1871, § 2689; 1880, § 2966; 1892, § 1314; 1906, § 1388; Hemingway's 1917, § 1131; 1930, § 1161; 1942, § 2398.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1991–1999 · leading case: Smallwood v. State, 584 So. 2d 733 (Miss. 1991).
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Smallwood v. State, 584 So. 2d 733 (Miss. 1991). · cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-7-69 (1972). In the case at bar we are faced with tentative and uncertain testimony concerning an incident which occurred more than one year previously to the testimony given.”
Hall v. State, 751 So. 2d 1161 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-7-69 (Rev. 1994) provides: "A person shall not be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on his own confession in open court.”
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