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Miss. Code Ann. § 99-17-5: Peremptory challenges; joint defendant must agree.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 99. Criminal Procedure
- Chapter 17. Trial
Defendants tried jointly must agree in their challenges made without cause, and shall be entitled to only the number to which one defendant is entitled.
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