(Repealed effective upon approval of Act 96-586) Felony cases.

In all felony cases, except those where the punishment imposed may be death, in which a defendant has been bound over to the circuit court to await the action of the grand jury, is confined in jail awaiting preliminary hearing or is confined in jail after having waived to the grand jury, such defendant may make known, to the district or circuit court of the county having jurisdiction of the offense with which he is charged, that he desires to plead guilty.

(Acts 1939, No. 227, p. 367; Code 1940, T. 15, §260; Acts 1996, No. 96-531, §3.)