Walters v. State

BROOM, Justice,

for the Court:

Armed robbery is the offense for which Bernard Walters (defendant) was convicted in the Circuit Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County. The jury fixed his punishment at life imprisonment and on his appeal he argues that the lower court erred in (1) excluding him from the courtroom, and (2) rejecting his jury instruction D-4. We affirm.

Together with an accomplice, the defendant on January 5, 1979, robbed the Delta Drive Branch of Deposit Guaranty National Bank in Jackson of approximately $137,000. He admitted the robbery but contended that he was…