Opinion ID: 1150076
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Heading: the lower court erred in granting jury instruction s-5.

Text: The instructions relating to the above assigned errors follow: Instruction S-3 The Court instructs the Jury that a mere denial by the defendant does not entitle him to an acquittal until such denial is so clear and convincing to enable each juror, when considering said denial with all the testimony, to form a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. Instruction S-5 The Court instructs the Jury that malice aforethought mentioned in the indictment may be presumed from the unlawful and deliberate use of a deadly weapon. Instruction S-10 The Court instructs the jury that if you believe from the evidence that in this case the defendant made an aggravated assault in and upon the body of Mike Tubbs with a certain deadly weapon, to-wit: a pistol, without provocation, or without threat of great bodily harm to himself, then it will be your sworn duty to find the defendant guilty as charged. The record reflects that no objection was made to any of the three instructions set forth above. Therefore, the points are procedurally barred and are not properly before the Court for consideration. Rule 42, Miss.Sup.Ct. Rules. Lockett v. State, 517 So.2d 1317 (Miss. 1987); Gray v. State, 472 So.2d 409 (Miss. 1985); Billiot v. State, 454 So.2d 445 (Miss. 1984); Gilliard v. State, 428 So.2d 576 (Miss. 1983). Accord: Booker v. State, 449 So.2d 209 (Miss. 1984); Oates v. State, 421 So.2d 1025 (Miss. 1982); Gates v. State, 484 So.2d 1002 (Miss. 1986). The assigned errors are rejected.