Richard White v. State of Mississippi

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury sitting before the Quitman County Circuit Court found Richard White guilty of burglary of a dwelling.1 The circuit court sentenced White to twenty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. White appeals and makes only one claim. He argues that the circuit court committed plain error when it did not sua sponte instruct the jury on the elements of larceny and/or assault — the underlying intended crimes that the indictment listed for the burglary charge. Finding no error, we affirm.

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¶2. For more than…