13-1-401 - Applicability of special evidentiary provisions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 13-1-401. Applicability of special evidentiary provisions.
 

The rules of evidence prescribed in Sections 13-1-401 through 13-1-415 shall be applicable in any youth court proceeding and in any criminal prosecution under the following sections of the Mississippi Code of 1972: 
 

(a) Section 97-5-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to seduction of a child under age eighteen (18); 

(b) Section 97-5-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the touching of a child for lustful purposes; 

(c) Section 97-5-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the exploitation of children; 

(d) Section 97-5-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child and felonious battery of a child; 

(e) Section 97-5-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the carnal knowledge of a stepchild, adopted child or child of a cohabitating partner; 

(f) Section 97-3-95, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to sexual battery; or 

(g) Section 97-29-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to unnatural intercourse. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1986, ch. 345, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1986.