Mississippi Code § 99-20-5

Qualifications for participation in program
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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. Laws, 1983, ch. 447, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1987, ch. 367, § 3; Laws, 1999, ch. 382, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
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. Laws, 1983, ch. 447, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1987, ch. 367, § 3; Laws, 1999, ch. 382, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
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. Laws, 1983, ch. 447, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1987, ch. 367, § 3; Laws, 1999, ch. 382, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.
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.
Laws, 1983, ch. 447, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1987, ch. 367, § 3; Laws, 1999, ch. 382, § 1, eff. 7/1/1999.

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