Jurisdiction of claims for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-44-5
in effectJurisdiction of all claims of wrongful conviction and imprisonment brought under this chapter shall lie in the circuit court of the county in which the claimant was convicted. The respondent will be the State of Mississippi, which will be represented by the Attorney General’s office.
Source: Public.Resource.Org MS CodeURL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ms/transforms/ms/ocms/r78/gov.ms.code.title.11.htmlFetched: 6/9/2026
