Opinion ID: 1884007
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Implicitly Conceding the Defendant's Crime on Cross-examination

Text: ¶ 42. Golden argues that defense counsel implicitly conceded that the rape occurred when he prefaced a question on cross-examination with the phrase back on December 30, when this happened. . . . We agree that counsel's question could have been put differently. However, this Court has pointed out on many occasions that no trial is perfect, and no defendant is entitled to errorless representation. Davis v. State, 897 So.2d 960, 966 (Miss. 2004). We find this comment to be no more than a harmless misstatement by defense counsel. Based on the evidence against the defendant in this case, we find the comment had little, if any, effect on the jury's determination of the defendant's guilt. This misstatement hardly rises to the level of concession of guilt.