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2015 Mississippi Code
Title 99 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 20 - COMMUNITY SERVICE RESTITUTION
§ 99-20-5 - Qualifications for participation in program
MS Code § 99-20-5 (2015) What's This?
In order to qualify for participation in a community service restitution program, the defendant must: (a) be a first offender, (b) be convicted of a nonviolent offense that would constitute a felony and (c) not have drug, alcohol or emotional problems so serious that he or she appears unlikely to be able to meet the obligations of the community service sentence.
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