Opinion ID: 1936097
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: whether the circuit court erred in failing to make a complete record of the instructions of law upon which jurors were to rely in determining their verdicts

Text: Jackson alleges that the circuit court failed to present this Court with a complete record of the instructions presented to the jury during both the guilt and sentencing phases of the trial. He claims, therefore, that it is impossible to review errors he has raised regarding various jury instructions. However, it is the duty of the appellant to see that the record of the trial proceedings wherein error is claim[ed] is brought before this Court. Smith v. State, 572 So.2d 847, 849 (Miss. 1990); Burney v. State, 515 So.2d 1154, 1160 (Miss. 1987); Robinson v. State, 345 So.2d 1044, 1045 (Miss. 1977). A transcript of the circuit court's instructions to the jury, which Jackson complained was absent from the record, was prepared and added to the appellate record upon the State's motion. Further, Jackson neither specified which of the refused jury instructions were omitted nor made any effort to supplement the record. Accordingly, we do not consider this assignment of error.