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Chapter 17 - Trial. § 99-17-1. Indictments to be tried within 270 days of arraignment. Unless good cause be shown, and a continuance duly granted by the court, all offenses for which indictments are presented to the court shall be tried no later than two hundred seventy (270) days after the accused has been arraigned.

A: Typically, once the State arrests someone, there is no set amount of time before they can present the case for indictment; however, the more time that goes by, the greater the likelihood of there being an argument that the case should be dismissed due to lack of a speedy trial, particularly if evidence has been lost ...

Id. Rule 81 requires use of a special summons which commands that the defendant appear and defend at a specific time and place set by order of the court and informs him or her that no answer is necessary.

Upon written request made prior to trial, the prosecuting attorney shall provide to the defense the following: (1) the names of all witnesses expected to testify for the prosecution; (2) a copy of any written statement of the defendant; (3) a copy of the criminal record of the defendant, if proposed for use as ...

Under the speedy trial statute, the prosecution has 270 days AFTER arraignment to bring a case to trial; however, under the Mississippi and U.S. Constitutions, that time frame can be significantly shorter.

Rule 28(f) requires parallel citations prior to 1967 because the Southern Reporter is the official reporter only for decisions published since 1966. Any party filing a brief citing an unreported decision from another court should also file a copy of the decision with the clerk of the Supreme Court.