State v. Bennett

MILLER, Justice.

The defendant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Jackson County of nighttime burglary and petit larceny for the theft of a postal money order.1 The defendant appeals his convictions, contending the trial court erred: (1) in coercing him into not testifying at trial by informing him that he could be prosecuted for false swearing or perjury if his testimony at trial contradicted a sworn statement he made during an earlier guilty plea proceeding; (2) in refusing his motion for a mistrial after a police officer testified the defendant, before waiving his Miranda rights, had…