{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-97-9-105","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-105","heading":"Hindering prosecution in the first degree.","body":"(1) A person commits the crime of hindering prosecution in the first degree if:\n(a) With the intent to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of another for conduct constituting a felony, he renders criminal assistance to the other person; or\n(b) Prevents or attempts to prevent law enforcement from discovering facts relating to another’s criminal activity or engages in acts designed to interfere with, or prevent a law enforcement investigation of another; or\n(c) Provides false information, under oath, or signs an affidavit with false information exonerating or incriminating another person.\n(2) Hindering prosecution in the first degree is a Class 1 felony.","path":["Title 97. Crimes","Chapter 9. Offenses Affecting Administration of Justice","Article 3. Obstruction of Justice."],"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":"349168627c9a1a7a8762091c8eda552ddae02cbe152f2edd055d17221b85ffed","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-97-9-103","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-97-9-107","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."}