MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division A
By: Senator(s) Bryan
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-5-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE JURISDICTION OF EITHER THE CIRCUIT COURT OR A LOWER COURT BEFORE WHICH A DETAINEE MADE A PRELIMINARY APPEARANCE TO REDUCE OR INCREASE BAIL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 99-5-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
99-5-13. When it shall
appear to the * * * court that originally set bail or the court before
which any person charged with a criminal offense has given bail to appear that
the bail set is insufficient or excessive in any respect, * * *
then either court may (i) after a hearing, order the issuance of a
revised mittimus reducing the previously set bail; or (ii) order the issuance
of process for the arrest of such person, and may, after a hearing, require him
to give bail as may be ordered, and, in default thereof, may commit him to jail
as in other cases.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.