WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 2009-KA-00080-SCT.

32 So.3d 486 (2010)

Willie L. WILLIAMS, Jr. v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of Indigent Appeals by Erin Elizabeth Pridgen, Leslie S. Lee, Jackson, Rosharwin Lemoyne Williams, attorneys for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Glenn Watts, Jackson, attorney for appellee.

EN BANC.


KITCHENS, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Following a jury trial, Willie L. Williams, Jr., was convicted of attempted armed robbery and sentenced to fifteen years' incarceration with ten years to serve. Finding that the trial court erred by refusing a cautionary jury instruction on accomplice testimony, we reverse and remand the case for a new trial.

Facts

¶ 2. Stephanie Cannon owned and operated Stephanie's Discount Store in Ruleville...

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