97-1-6 - Directing or causing felony to be committed by person under age of seventeen years.
§ 97-1-6. Directing or causing felony to be committed by person under age of seventeen years.
In addition to any other penalty and provision of law, any person over the age of seventeen (17) who shall direct or cause any person under the age of seventeen (17) to commit any crime which would be a felony if committed by an adult shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than twenty (20) years, or both.
Sources: Laws, 1994, ch. 595, § 7, eff from and after July 1, 1994.