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Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-11 Judicial examination of original motion; dismissal; filing answer; court ordered testing of biological evidence
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(1) The original motion, together with all the files, records, transcripts and correspondence relating to the judgment under attack, shall be examined promptly by the judge to whom it is assigned. (2) If it plainly appears from the face of the motion, any annexed exhibits and the…
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-13 Answer; affirmative defenses
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The answer shall respond to all of the allegations of the motion and shall assert such affirmative defenses as the state may deem appropriate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-15 Requests for discovery
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(1) A party may invoke the processes of discovery available under the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure or elsewhere in the usages and principles of law if, and to the extent that, the judge in the exercise of his discretion and for good cause shown grants leave to do so, but …
Miss. Code Ann. § 99-39-17 Expansion of record
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(1) If the motion is not dismissed summarily, the judge may direct that the record be expanded by the parties by the inclusion of additional materials relevant to the determination of the merits of the motion. (2) The expanded record may include, without limitation, letters preda…