Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-53 (2026)
Indictments; penalty for disclosing facts relating to indictment
✓ current as of July 2026
If a grand juror, witness, district attorney, clerk, sheriff, or any other officer of the court, disclose the fact of an indictment being found or returned into court against a defendant, or disclose any action or proceeding had in relation thereto, before the finding of the indictment, or in six months thereafter, or until after the defendant shall have been arrested or given bail or recognizance to answer thereto, he shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 260; 1871, § 2797; 1880, § 3008; 1892, § 1349; 1906, § 1421; Hemingway's 1917, § 1177; 1930, § 1201; 1942, § 2444.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1988–2017 · leading case: Addkison v. State, 608 So. 2d 304 (Miss. 1992).
Addkison v. State, 608 So. 2d 304 (Miss. 1992). “Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-9-53 (1972) [4] and 13-5-61 (Supp.”
Puckett v. State, 879 So. 2d 920 (Miss. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-9-53 (1972): Miss.Unif.”
Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. State, 672 So. 2d 744 (Miss. 1996). “1992) (citing Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-53 (1972)); Reining v.”
In Re Knapp, 536 So. 2d 1330 (Miss. 1988). “[7] Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-53 (1972) provides as follows: If a .”
Harris v. State, 901 So. 2d 1277 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-9-53 (1972): Miss. Unif.”
Mississippi Dep't of Audit v. Gulf Publ'g Co., Inc., 236 So. 3d 32 (Miss. 2017). “”) (citing Miss. Code Ann. §§ 97-9-53 (1972), 13-5-61 (Supp.”
Gail D. Nicholson v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1991). “1992) (citing Miss. Code Ann. §97-9-53 (1972)); Reining v.”
Larry Matthew Puckett v. State of Mississippi (Miss. 1996). “Miss.Code Ann. § 97-9-53 (1972): Miss.Unif.”
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