{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-99-15-103","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 99-15-103","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For purposes of Sections 99-15-101 through 99-15-127, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:\n(a) “Prosecutorial discretion” means the power of the district attorney to consider all circumstances of criminal proceedings and to determine whether any legal action is to be taken and, if so taken, of what kind and degree and to what conclusion.\n(b) “Noncriminal disposition” means the dismissal of a criminal charge without prejudice to the state to reinstate criminal proceedings on motion of the district attorney.","path":["Title 99. Criminal Procedure","Chapter 15. Pretrial Proceedings","Pretrial Intervention Program"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ms.code.ann.2018/release78.2020.07.08/gov.ms.code.title.99.odt","current_through":"2020-07-08","vintage":"Mississippi Code Release 78 (2020-07), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-10-27T05:55:13Z","sha256":"9a1dd171b7b0e5fa76fe448d7a9fdb7e677422ad052300c0b89f3b4db8451fe9","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-99-15-101","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-99-15-105","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."}