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Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (2024)

Appointment of counsel for indigents

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When any person shall be charged with a felony, misdemeanor punishable by confinement for ninety (90) days or more, or commission of an act of delinquency, the court or the judge in vacation, being satisfied that such person is an indigent person and is unable to employ counsel, may, in the discretion of the court, appoint counsel to defend him.

Such appointed counsel shall have free access to the accused who shall have process to compel the attendance of witnesses in his favor.

The accused shall have such representation available at every critical stage of the proceeding against him where a substantial right may be affected.

Codes, 1942, § 2505-01; Laws, 1971, ch. 490, § 2; reenacted without change, Laws, 1999, ch. 375, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 2000, ch. 332, § 1; reenacted without change, Laws, 2001, ch. 375, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.

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Cited in 16 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1979–2024 · leading case: Scott v. Illinois, 440 U.S. 367 (1979).
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Scott v. Illinois, 440 U.S. 367 (1979). · cites it 2× “27A, §§ 2 (f) and (h), 4 (1976); Mississippi: Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (1972). [21] Idaho: Idaho Code § 19-851 (Supp.”
Jackson v. State, 732 So. 2d 187 (Miss. 1999). · cites it 2× “See also Miss.Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (1994). Where the conviction and sentence of death are affirmed by this Court, the appellant may then file a petition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court to have it review the conviction and sentence.”
Grayson v. State, 118 So. 3d 118 (Miss. 2013). “” Miss.Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (Rev.2007). And because this Court has recognized that PCR proceedings are a critical stage of the death-penalty appeal process at the state level, today we make clear that PCR petitioners who are under a sentence of death do have a right to the…”
Evans v. State, 813 So. 2d 724 (Miss. 2002). “1985), and [he will be] entitled to the appointment of counsel to represent him on appeal pursuant to Miss.Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (1972) and § 99-15-17 (Supp.”
Neal v. State, 422 So. 2d 747 (Miss. 1982). “See Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (1972) (accused shall have representation available at every critical stage); Miss.”
Harris v. State, 704 So. 2d 1286 (Miss. 1997). · cites it 4× “The right to appointed counsel in criminal proceedings is not without limits; it is in fact limited by the statute which defines that right, Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (Rev. 1994). That section declares: When any person shall be charged with a felony, misdemeanor punishable by…”
Timothy Robert Ronk a/k/a Timothy Ronk a/k/a Timothy R. Ronk v. State of Mississippi, 391 So. 3d 785 (Miss. 2024). · cites it 2× “” Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (Rev. 2007). And because this Court has recognized that PCR proceedings are a critical stage of the death-penalty appeal process at the state level, today we make clear that PCR petitioners who are under a sentence of death do have a right to the…”
Killingsworth v. State, 490 So. 2d 849 (Miss. 1986). “Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (1972) and -17 (Supp.”
Leo Harris v. State of Mississippi, No. 92-US-00297-SCT (Miss. Mar. 10, 1992). · cites it 3× “The right to appointed counsel in criminal proceedings is not without limits; it is in fact limited by the statute which defines that right, Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (Rev. 1994). That section declares: When any person shall be charged with a felony, misdemeanor punishable by…”
Blackmon v. Adams Cnty., MS, No. 5:21-cv-00062 (S.D. Miss. May 5, 2022). “As noted above, it appears that Adams County employed the method of court- appointed public defenders outlined in Miss. Code Ann. §§ 99-15-15 and 99-15-17 during the time relevant to Plaintiffs’ unequal pay claims and after it abandoned the plan to establish an Office of Public…”
Henry Curtis Jackson, Jr. v. State of Mississippi, No. 98-DR-00708-SCT (Miss. Sept. 14, 1991). · cites it 2× “See also Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-15 (1994). Where the conviction and sentence of death are affirmed by this Court, the appellant may then file a petition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court to have it review the conviction and sentence.”
United States v. Gregory Johnson, 623 F. App'x 646 (5th Cir. 2015). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-15-15; see also Miss.”
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