Collins v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
691 So.2d 918 (1997)
James Lee COLLINS
v.
STATE of Mississippi.
No. 94-KA-00565-SCT.
Supreme Court of Mississippi.
January 30, 1997.
David L. Walker, Batesville, for Appellant.
Michael C. Moore, Attorney General, Pat S. Flynn, Asst. Attorney General, Jackson, for Appellee.
En Banc.
SMITH, Justice, for the Court:
James Lee Collins was convicted in the Circuit Court of Tate County of capital rape and sentenced to life in prison. Collins appeals from the jury verdict and argues that as a matter of first impression before this Court that the trial court erred in not instructing the jury to consider "mistake…
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