Corey Lathan v. State of Mississippi

CARLTON, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A Lowndes County jury found Corey Lathan guilty of armed robbery and burglary of a dwelling. Lathan now appeals and raises the following issues: (1) whether the prosecutor made improper comments to the jury during the State’s closing argument; and (2) whether the circuit court erred by refusing Lathan’s requested jury instruction on accomplice testimony. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. Around 10 p.m. on September 29, 2011, Karen Winter was watching the news when she heard a knock on her apartment door. Winter testified that she looked through her blinds…