Applicability of special evidentiary provisions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 13-1-401
in effectThe rules of evidence prescribed in Sections 13-1-401 through 13-1-415 shall be applicable in any youth court proceeding and in any criminal prosecution under the following sections of the Mississippi Code of 1972:
Section 97-5-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to seduction of a child under age eighteen (18);
Section 97-5-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the touching of a child for lustful purposes;
Section 97-5-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the exploitation of children;
Section 97-5-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child and felonious battery of a child;
Section 97-5-41, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to the carnal knowledge of a stepchild, adopted child or child of a cohabitating partner;
Section 97-3-95, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to sexual battery; or
Section 97-29-59, Mississippi Code of 1972, relating to unnatural intercourse.
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