Opinion ID: 1846796
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Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Simple Assault Instruction

Text: ¶ 18. Gibson also assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to grant him a requested instruction authorizing a conviction of simple assault under Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-7(1). The use of a .32 revolver, a deadly weapon, precluded Gibson's entitlement to any simple assault instruction. Hunt v. State, 569 So.2d 1200, 1203 (Miss.1990). In Hutchinson v. State, 594 So.2d 17 (Miss.1992), this Court held that when an accused wields a weapon that is without question deadly and then intentionally strikes his victim, he is not entitled to a lesser included offense instruction for simple assault, even if the injury is relatively slight. The weapon in this case was a .32 revolver. No jury could fail to find a revolver to be a deadly weapon. Based on Hutchinson, the trial court committed no error when it refused the Jury Instruction.