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Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (2026)

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Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 8(22); 1857, ch. 64, art. 305; 1871, § 2809; 1880, § 3078; 1892, § 1426; 1906, § 1499; Hemingway's 1917, § 1257; 1930, § 1280; 1942, § 2523; Laws, 2004, ch. 393, § 3, eff. 4/20/2004.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 71 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1974–2024 · leading case: State v. Shaw, 880 So. 2d 296 (Miss. 2004).
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State v. Shaw, 880 So. 2d 296 (Miss. 2004). · cites it 6× “§ 97-3-65(2) (1972)). The elements of child fondling included (1) a handling or touching or rubbing; (2) of a child under the age of 14 years; (3) by a person above the age of 18 years; and (4) for purposes of gratifying lust or indulging licentious sexual desires.”
Shaffer v. State, 72 So. 3d 1090 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 12× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (Rev.2007). While we recognize that the offense of child exploitation and attempted child exploitation carry the same statutory penalties, we remand this case to the sentencing authority, the circuit court, to determine if any reassessment of the…”
Hailey v. State, 537 So. 2d 411 (Miss. 1988). · cites it 6× “Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (1972) provides: Findings of jury.”
Jefferson v. State, 556 So. 2d 1016 (Miss. 1989). · cites it 3× “See Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (1972). One of the main rights that an indictment protects is the due process right to adequate notice of the crime which one is accused of committing.”
Fulcher v. State, 805 So. 2d 556 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 5× “Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (Rev.2000). ¶ 12.”
Eakes v. State, 665 So. 2d 852 (Miss. 1995). · cites it 2× “However, Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-5 allows a jury to convict of the crime charged in the indictment or of an attempt to commit the offense charged.”
Grace Ann McCarty v. State of Mississippi, 247 So. 3d 260 (Miss. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “”); Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (2) (Rev. 2015) (“[M]anslaughter shall be considered a lesser included offense of murder and capital murder, and the jury may be properly instructed thereon, upon request by either party or upon the court’s own motion, in any case in which the…”
Hye v. State, 162 So. 3d 750 (Miss. 2015). · cites it 2× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-5(1) (Rev.2007). Both the prosecution and the defendant may seek an instruction on a lesser-included offense.”
People v. Fontenot, 447 P.3d 252 (Cal. 2019). “04 (1)-(2) ; Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (1) ; Mo. Rev. Stat.”
Edwards v. State, 124 So. 3d 105 (Miss. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 5× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (Rev.2007) (expressly permitting the jury to find the defendant “guilty of an inferior offense, or other offense, the commission of which is necessarily included in the offense with which he is charged in the indictment .”
Nolan v. State, 61 So. 3d 887 (Miss. 2011). · cites it 2× “Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-5(1) (Rev.2007). ¶ 71.”
Damion LaFredrick Pace v. State of Mississippi, 242 So. 3d 107 (Miss. 2018). “Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (Rev. 2015). This Court has recognized that "only a grand jury can advise a defendant of what he is to be charged with.”
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— Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-5(1) — 10 cases
Hye v. State, 162 So. 3d 750 (Miss. 2015). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-5(1) (Rev.2007). Both the prosecution and the defendant may seek an instruction on a lesser-included offense.”
Shaffer v. State, 72 So. 3d 1090 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010). “See Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-5 (Rev.2007). While we recognize that the offense of child exploitation and attempted child exploitation carry the same statutory penalties, we remand this case to the sentencing authority, the circuit court, to determine if any reassessment of the…”
Nolan v. State, 61 So. 3d 887 (Miss. 2011). “Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-5(1) (Rev.2007). ¶ 71.”
Brooks v. State, 18 So. 3d 859 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008).
Shaffer v. State, 72 So. 3d 1070 (Miss. 2011).
— Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-5(2) — 3 cases
Ronk v. State, 172 So. 3d 1112 (Miss. 2015).
Nolan v. State, 61 So. 3d 887 (Miss. 2011). “Miss.Code Ann. § 99-19-5(1) (Rev.2007). ¶ 71.”
McQuarters v. State, 45 So. 3d 643 (Miss. 2010).
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