ARMSTEAD v. STATE

No. 96-KA-00781-SCT.

716 So.2d 576 (1998)

Roosevelt Dexter ARMSTEAD v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie Wilson, Greenville, for Appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Pat S. Flynn, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for Appellee.

Before PITTMAN, P.J., and BANKS and WALLER, JJ.


BANKS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal challenges the validity of convictions for burglary of an occupied dwelling, attempted rape and aggravated assault. After careful review of the circuit court proceedings, we conclude that the court committed reversible error in failing to allow the defendant to make part of his own closing argument. In addition, the jury received a deficient instruction on the offense of attempted rape, constituting an independent...

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