Opinion ID: 1837791
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: did the lower court err in sustaining the state's objection to defense counsel's comments during closing argument regarding failure of the investigating mississippi highway patrolman to make a written report of the subject accident as required by state law?

Text: We have carefully examined the record with reference to issues five and six and are of the opinion that there is no merit in them. Therefore, the issues are rejected. There being no reversible error in the trial below, the judgment of the lower court is affirmed. CONVICTION OF GRAND LARCENY AND SENTENCE OF FIVE YEARS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AFFIRMED. HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, P.JJ., and PRATHER, ROBERTSON, SULLIVAN, PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ., concur. McRAE, J., dissents, without separate opinion.