WRIGHT v. STATE

No. 57121.

512 So.2d 679 (1987)

George Frank WRIGHT v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade M. Baine, Gulfport, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and PRATHER and ROBERTSON, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

Today's appeal arises from a burglary conviction and presents questions regarding the extent to which a trial judge may instruct a jury when, after deliberations have begun, it asks for explanation on a point of law and thereafter reports it is deadlocked. Also presented is a right to counsel question. For the reasons set forth below, we find no merit to any of the assignments of error. We affirm.

II.

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