99-15-43 - Change of venue; capital cases.
§ 99-15-43. Change of venue; capital cases.
In capital cases the application for change of venue must be made before the drawing of any special venire which is summoned to appear on the day the case is set for trial, or it will be too late, except where the ground on which such application is based occurred after the drawing of such venire.
Sources: Codes, 1880, § 3065; 1892, § 1415; 1906, § 1488; Hemingway's 1917, § 1246; 1930, § 1269; 1942, § 2512; Laws, 1985, ch. 443, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1985.