March, 050587 MSAGO, 19870505

Case DateMay 05, 1987
CourtMississippi
Sheriff Willie March
No. 19870505
Mississippi Attorney General Opinions
May 5, 1987
         Sheriff Willie March          Holmes County          Post Office Box 120          Lexington, Mississippi 39095          Mittimus           Dear Sheriff March:          Attorney General Edwin Lloyd Pittman has received your letter of request and has assigned it to the undersigned for research and reply. In your letter you state:
“As sheriff of Holmes County, I would like to know if an individual is placed on a mittimus and cannot afford to pay the cost of court assessments, what steps, if any, can I take to get this individual out of the county jail? “If there is a form that I can use that states that this person is indigent and cannot afford to pay, please advise.”
         The question of whether or not a criminal defendant is to be...

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