GRIFFIN v. STATE

No. 58040.

533 So.2d 444 (1988)

Monroe GRIFFIN v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Reeves, Debra L. Allen, Jackson, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman and Mike Moore, Attys. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before DAN M. LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and GRIFFIN, JJ.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

This case presents a problem we encounter all too often. The prosecution charges the accused with a serious felony, only to have the defense offer a version of the facts rendering the accused far less culpable and, most important, subject to a far lesser punishment. If the evidence be such that a reasonable jury might have found the facts as the defense suggests them to have been, the accused of right is entitled to...

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