Richard White v. State of Mississippi

BEAM, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Richard White was convicted of burglary of a dwelling. The jury' was instructed it could find White guilty of burglary of a dwelling if it found he broke and entered Newell and Johanna Inman’s' home “with the intent to commit the crime of larceny and/or assault therein.”-'. While the jury was instructed on the elements of aggravated assault, it was not given any instruction on the definition of larceny. On appeal, a divided Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. White v. State, 195 So.3d 801, 802-03, 2015 WL 3954218, at *1 (Miss.Ct.App.2015). We granted…