2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 3 - Crimes Against the Person.
97-3-69 - Rape; "chaste character" presumed; uncorroborated testimony of victim insufficient.
§ 97-3-69. Rape; "chaste character" presumed; uncorroborated testimony of victim insufficient.
In the trial of all cases under the last preceding section, it shall be presumed that the female was previously of chaste character, and the burden shall be upon the defendant to show that she was not; but no person shall be convicted upon the uncorroborated testimony of the injured female.
Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 1094; 1930, § 1124; 1942, § 2360; Laws, 1914, ch. 171.
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