MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2013 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative White

House Bill 1263

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR THE CRIME OF MANSLAUGHTER; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 97-3-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     97-3-25.  Any person convicted of manslaughter shall be fined in a sum not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) * * * , orand imprisoned * * * in the county jail not more than one (1) year, or both, orin the Penitentiary for not less than two (2) years, nor more than * * * twenty (20)thirty (30) years.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.

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