Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (2026)
Indictments to be tried within 270 days of arraignment
✓ current as of July 2026
Unless good cause be shown, and a continuance duly granted by the court, all offenses for which indictments are presented to the court shall be tried no later than two hundred seventy (270) days after the accused has been arraigned.
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 285; 1871, § 2785; 1880, § 3073; 1892, § 1421; 1906, § 1494; Hemingway's 1917, § 1252; 1930, § 1275; 1942, § 2518; Laws, 1976, ch. 420, eff. 7/1/1976.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 318
cases (15 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: Winder v. State, 640 So. 2d 893 (Miss. 1994).
Winder v. State, 640 So. 2d 893 (Miss. 1994). “SMITH, Justice, for the Court: In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Washington County, the only issue of merit is whether there was a violation of Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Supp. 1989), commonly known as the 270 day rule.”
Guice v. State, 952 So. 2d 129 (Miss. 2007). “[2] Our speedy trial statute, Miss.Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Rev.2000), states: Unless good cause be shown, and a continuance duly granted by the court, all offenses for which indictments are presented to the court shall be tried no later than two hundred seventy (270) days after the…”
Joshua Hurst v. State of Mississippi, 195 So. 3d 736 (Miss. 2016). “Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Rev. 2015). The time period between Hurst’s arraignment and trial consisted of 321 days.”
McBride v. State, 61 So. 3d 138 (Miss. 2011). “Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Rev.2007). It states that “[u]nless good cause be shown, and a continuance duly granted by the court, all offenses for which indictments are presented to the court shall be tried no later than two hundred seventy (270) days after the accused has been…”
Vickery v. State, 535 So. 2d 1371 (Miss. 1988). “That is, Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Supp. 1981) excerpts from the limitations period delays resulting from "good cause.”
Myers v. State, 145 So. 3d 1143 (Miss. 2014). “Miss.Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Rev. 2007). . Barker, 407 U.”
Sharp v. State, 786 So. 2d 372 (Miss. 2001). “In addition, Miss.Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (2000) creates a statutory right to a speedy trial.”
Turner v. State, 383 So. 2d 489 (Miss. 1980). “" Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Supp. 1979). The amended statute, like that prior to amendment, did not provide that the accused be discharged in the event he was tried more than two hundred seventy (270) days after arraignment.”
James Robert Rowsey v. State of Mississippi, 188 So. 3d 486 (Miss. 2015). “” Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Rev. 2015). Thus, unlike the constitutional right to a speedy trial which attaches at the time of arrest or indictment, Handley, 574 So.”
Smith v. State, 550 So. 2d 406 (Miss. 1989). “WAS SMITH DENIED HIS RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL? Our speedy trial statute, Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1 (Supp. 1986 & 1988), provides: *408 Unless good cause be shown, and a continuance duly granted by the court, all offenses for which indictments are presented to the court shall be…”
Bailey v. State, 78 So. 3d 308 (Miss. 2012). “2182 , because the 270-day rule in Mississippi Code Section 99-17-1 (Rev.2007) does not apply to retrial.”
State v. Harrison, 648 So. 2d 66 (Miss. 1994). “BANKS, Justice, for the court: Harrison, a capital murder indictee, was discharged by the Jackson County Circuit Court following his motion for dismissal with prejudice on the basis that the State failed to provide Harrison a timely trial in compliance with Miss. Code Ann. §…”
— Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-1(1994) — 1 case
Coleman v. State, 725 So. 2d 154 (Miss. 1998).
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