{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-97-3-17","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-17","heading":"Homicide; excusable homicide.","body":"The killing of any human being by the act, procurement, or omission of another shall be excusable:\n(a) When committed by accident and misfortune in doing any lawful act by lawful means, with usual and ordinary caution, and without any unlawful intent;\n(b) When committed by accident and misfortune, in the heat of passion, upon any sudden and sufficient provocation;\n(c) When committed upon any sudden combat, without undue advantage being taken, and without any dangerous weapon being used, and not done in a cruel or unusual manner.","path":["Title 97. Crimes","Chapter 3. Crimes Against the Person"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.97.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:55:07Z","sha256":"4cd75d91118247a52c15ba2d0fe501b383d27e69853bd58365fdc62744bb4ad3","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-97-3-15","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-97-3-19","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ms","title":"Mississippi Release 78 supplement","text":"Mississippi electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain dedication. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ms.code.ann.2018"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}