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Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-33: Perjury; no variance between “sworn” and “affirmed.”
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 99. Criminal Procedure
- Chapter 17. Trial
In prosecutions for perjury, where the indictment charges that the defendant was duly sworn at the time he is averred to have testified falsely, it shall not be a variance if the proof show he was affirmed, and vice versa.
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