Gill v. State

PATTERSON, Justice:

Willie Ray Gill was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary by the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. He appeals from this conviction and sentence.

The controllong issue before the Court is whether the trial court erred in granting Instruction No. 2 for the state, which reads as follows:

The Court instructs the Jury for the State of Mississippi that you are the sole judges as to the credibility of witnesses, and, in determining whether witnesses will be believed or not, you are not bound by…