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2014 Mississippi Code
Title 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 29 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALS AND DECENCY
IN GENERAL
§ 97-29-61 - Voyeurism; trespass by "peeping Tom"; when victim is adult; when victim is child under sixteen

MS Code § 97-29-61 (2014) What's This?

(1) Any person who enters upon real property whether the original entry is legal or not, and thereafter pries or peeps through a window or other opening in a dwelling or other building structure for the lewd, licentious and indecent purpose of spying upon the occupants thereof, shall be guilty of a felonious trespass, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections not more than five (5) years.

(2) When one or more occupants spied upon is a child under sixteen (16) years of age, a person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of felonious trespass, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections not more than ten (10) years.

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