Mississippi · Snapshot Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17

Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-53: Prosecutions not compromised or nol prossed without consent of court, or dismissed, except at defendant’s cost.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 99. Criminal Procedure
Chapter 15. Pretrial Proceedings
In General

A district attorney, or other prosecuting attorney, shall not compromise any cause or enter a nolle prosequi either before or after indictment found, without the consent of the court; and, except as provided in the last preceding section, it shall not be lawful for any court to dismiss a criminal prosecution at the cost of the defendant, but every cause must be tried unless dismissed by consent of the court.

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