CLEVELAND v. STATE

No. 2000-KA-01700-COA.

801 So.2d 812 (2001)

Christopher CLEVELAND, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

December 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund J. Phillips Jr., Newton, for Appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, for Appellee.

Before McMILLIN, C.J., BRIDGES, and CHANDLER, JJ.


McMILLIN, C.J., for the Court.

¶ 1. Christopher Cleveland was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Newton County of the crime of assault on a police officer. He has appealed that conviction to this Court and presents three issues for consideration. First, he claims that the trial court erred in denying his requested self-defense instruction. Secondly, he suggests that his constitutional right to compel witnesses was denied when John Leslie, Chief of Police...

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