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How many jurors will sit on my criminal trial in Mississippi?

July 6, 2010

Mississippi State Court In a felony case you have the right to be tried by a jury of 12 people.  This number is implicit in Mississippi’s Constitution, which states in Section 31 that “The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate . . . .”   The Mississippi Supreme Court stated way back in 1884 [...]

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