WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. 1998-KA-01505-COA.

753 So.2d 475 (1999)

Mose WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

November 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan D. Shackelford, Clarksdale, Attorney for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Jean Smith Vaughan, Attorney for Appellee.

BEFORE SOUTHWICK, P.J., DIAZ, AND MOORE, JJ.


DIAZ, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. The Quitman County Circuit Court convicted Mose Washington of burglary of a dwelling and sentenced him to a term of three years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Washington appeals, contending (1) that the State failed to prove the building he was convicted of burglarizing was a dwelling within the meaning of the burglary statute and (2) that the trial court erred in denying an instruction on the lesser...

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