Leffingwell v. State

KING, P.J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Donald Warren Leffingwell was convicted of murder and sentenced to serve a term of life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved by his conviction and sentence, Leffingwell has appealed and assigned three errors. This Court quotes those errors verbatim:

I. THE COURT ERRED WHEN, OVER OBJECTION BY THE DEFENDANT, IT REFUSED TO ALLOW THE DEFENDANT TO BE PRESENT DURING THE QUALIFYING OF THE JURY, THEREBY REMOVING HIS ABILITY TO ASSIST IN HIS OWN DEFENSE DURING THIS VITAL STAGE IN THE PROCEEDINGS.

II. THE COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING…