Opinion ID: 1860859
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: the trial court erred in the granting conflicting jury instructions, s-1 and d-6.

Text: ¶ 58. Stevens asserts that the trial court erred in giving conflicting jury instructions, S-1 and D-6. Stevens argues that the instructions are contradictory because S 1 did not require the jury to find that Stevens wilfully killed Brown, whereas D-6 did so require. Stevens's argument that instruction S-1 was improper because it did not contain the word wilfully has been previously addressed in Issue III. Again, considering the instructions as a whole, the jury was properly instructed. Furthermore, though Stevens objected at trial to the fact that S-1 did not contain the word wilfully, as charged in the indictment, he raised no objection to any conflict between S-1 and D-6. Errors based on the granting of an instruction will not be considered on appeal unless specific objections stating the grounds are made in the trial court. Oates v. State, 421 So.2d 1025, 1030 (Miss.1982) (citing Collins v. State, 368 So.2d 212 (Miss.1979)). Therefore, this assignment of error is procedurally barred and, alternatively, without merit.