MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Evans (91st)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT SHALL NOT RECEIVE A SENTENCE MORE SEVERE THAN THE PRINCIPAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 97-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
97-1-3. Every person who shall be an accessory to any felony, before the fact, shall be deemed and considered a principal, and shall be indicted and punished as such; provided, however, that the accessory shall not receive a sentence more severe than the principal.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.