COLLINS v. STATE

No. 50924.

368 So.2d 212 (1979)

Lee Edward COLLINS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Webb, Sidney J. Martin, Greenville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Henry T. Wingate, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROBERTSON, WALKER and LEE, JJ.


WALKER, Justice, for the Court:

A jury in the Circuit Court of Washington County convicted Collins of armed robbery. He was sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary. On appeal Collins contends only that the trial court committed reversible error by granting a state instruction which omitted elements of the crime of robbery.

At trial, when the instruction was introduced, appellant objected stating:

The defense objects on the basis that it...

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