As Amended
SEC. 99-11-27. Former acquittal or conviction in another jurisdiction.
Every person charged with an offense committed in another state, territory, or country may plead a former conviction or acquittal for the same offense in such other state, territory, or country; and, if such plea be established, it shall be a bar to any further proceedings for the same offense here.
SOURCES: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 2(6); 1857, ch. 64, art. 4; 1871, Sec. 2881; 1880, Sec. 2997; 1892, Sec. 1337; 1906, Sec. 1409; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1164; 1930, Sec. 1189; 1942, Sec. 2432.