Opinion ID: 1726352
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Heading: the court erred in refusing appellant's jury instruction d-12.

Text: The second part of Instruction D-12 reads as follows: If a witness is shown knowingly to have testified falsely concerning any material matter, you have a right to distrust such witness' testimony in other particulars; and you may reject all the testimony of that witness or give it such credibility as you may think it deserves. Appellant contends that the court should have granted the instruction under authority of Owens v. State, 80 Miss. 499, 32 So. 152 (1902). However, in Fleming v. State, 319 So.2d 223 (Miss. 1975), this Court, citing Butler v. State, 245 So.2d 605 (Miss. 1971), condemned a similar instruction and said: The court was correct in denying Instruction No. 17. This instruction is another of the false in part, false in all [ falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus ] instructions on the weight to be given to the testimony of a witness. We have condemned this instruction so often that we hope it should be plain to all that the instruction is not proper. Butler v. State, 245 So.2d 605 (Miss. 1971). 319 So.2d at 224. See also Taurasi v. State, 233 Miss. 330, 102 So.2d 120 (1958); Dolan v. State, 195 Miss. 154, 13 So.2d 925 (1943); Swanner v. State, 191 Miss. 47, 2 So.2d 142 (1941); and Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Wright, 190 Miss. 53, 199 So. 289 (1940). The lower court committed no error in refusing to grant the instruction.