Case Title: Collins v. State

Citation: 368 So. 2d 212

Docket Number: 50924

State: mississippi

Court: Mississippi Supreme Court

Date: 1979-02-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
368 So. 2d 212 (1979) Lee Edward COLLINS v. STATE of Mississippi. No. 50924. Supreme Court of Mississippi. February 14, 1979. Rehearing Denied March 21, 1979. John C. Webb, Sidney J. Martin, Greenville, for appellant. A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Henry T. Wingate, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee. Before ROBERTSON, WALKER and LEE, JJ. WALKER, Justice, for the Court: A jury in the Circuit Court of Washington County convicted Collins of armed robbery. He was sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary. On appeal Collins contends only that the trial court committed reversible error by granting a state instruction which omitted elements of the crime of robbery. At trial, when the instruction was introduced, appellant objected stating: On appeal, appellant argues specifically that the instruction failed to require the jury to find the element of "intent to permanently deprive." We have repeatedly pointed out that objections to instructions in the trial court must be specific so the trial judge has the opportunity to rule on the particular grounds relied on. This rule applies to objections to instructions in both civil and criminal trials. Maness v. Ill. Cent. R.R. Co., 271 So. 2d 418 (Miss. 1973); Entrican v. State, 309 So. 2d 851 (Miss. 1975). Mississippi Supreme Court Rule 42 expressly provides that "... attorneys are required to dictate their specific objections to an instruction offered, thus giving the trial judge an opportunity to pass upon the objections before the case is argued before the jury." At trial, the objection was that the instruction did not "contain the factual element of the crime." Whereas, on appeal, it *213 is now contended the instruction did not require the jury to find "intent to permanently deprive." We hold that the objection at trial was a general objection and Rule 42 precludes review by this Court of that assignment of error. We note, however, that careful review of the evidence shows such action will not result in a miscarriage of justice. For the above stated reasons, the conviction and sentence are affirmed. AFFIRMED. PATTERSON, C.J., ROBERTSON, P.J., and SUGG, BROOM, LEE, BOWLING and COFER, JJ., concur. SMITH, P.J., took no part.