Chapter 39. Post-Conviction Proceedings
Article 1. Mississippi Uniform Post-Conviction Collateral Relief Act
- Miss. Code § 99-39-1 Short Title
- Miss. Code § 99-39-3 Purpose
- Miss. Code § 99-39-5 Grounds For Relief; Time Limitations; "Biological Evidence" Defined
- Miss. Code § 99-39-7 Filing Motion In Trial Court; Filing Motion to Proceed In Trial Court With Supreme Court
- Miss. Code § 99-39-9 Requirements of Motion and Service
- Miss. Code § 99-39-11 Judicial Examination of Original Motion; Dismissal; Filing Answer; Court Ordered Testing of Biological Evidence
- Miss. Code § 99-39-13 Answer; Affirmative Defenses
- Miss. Code § 99-39-15 Requests For Discovery
- Miss. Code § 99-39-17 Expansion of Record
- Miss. Code § 99-39-19 Evidentiary Hearing; Summary Judgment
- Miss. Code § 99-39-21 Procedural Waiver of Objections, Defenses, Claims; Collateral Estoppel; Res Judicata; Burden of Proof
- Miss. Code § 99-39-23 Conduct of Evidentiary Hearing; Right to Counsel; Finality of Order As Bar to Subsequent Motions; Burden of Proof; Appointment of Postconviction Counsel In Death Penalty Cases
- Miss. Code § 99-39-25 Right to Appeal; Stay of Judgment; Bail On Appeal
- Miss. Code § 99-39-27 Application to Supreme Court For Leave to Proceed In Trial Court; Grant of Relief; Dismissal Or Denial As Res Judicata
- Miss. Code § 99-39-28 Supreme Court to Establish Rules For Post-Conviction Proceedings In Capital Cases
- Miss. Code § 99-39-29 Stay of Death Penalty Execution
Article 3. Mississippi Capital Post-Conviction Counsel Act
- Miss. Code § 99-39-101 Short Title
- Miss. Code § 99-39-103 Office of Post-Conviction Counsel Created; Personnel; Appointment to Office; Qualifications; Removal
- Miss. Code § 99-39-105 Purpose of Office
- Miss. Code § 99-39-107 Duties of Office; Attorneys Appointed to Office to Be Full Time
- Miss. Code § 99-39-109 Compensation
- Miss. Code § 99-39-111 Office Hours of Operation
- Miss. Code § 99-39-113 Powers and Duties of Director; Requirement of Surety Bond
- Miss. Code § 99-39-115 Director to Keep a Docket of All Death Penalty Cases In Mississippi
- Miss. Code § 99-39-117 Conflict of Interest; Employment of Qualified Private Counsel; Payment of Fees and Expenses; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel Fund
- Miss. Code § 99-39-119 Director Authorized to Solicit Funds For Purpose of Funding and Operating Office