Washington v. State

DIAZ, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. The Quitman County Circuit Court convicted Mose Washington of burglary of a dwelling and sentenced him to a term of three years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Washington appeals, contending (1) that the State failed to prove the building he was convicted of burglarizing was a dwelling within the meaning of the burglary statute and (2) that the trial court erred in denying an instruction on the lesser-included offense of trespass. Finding no merit in these contentions, we affirm.

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¶ 2. Thelma Scott Ingram, a resident of Milwaukee,…