Opinion ID: 1894113
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: proposed jury instructions dgp-14 and dgp-15

Text: ¶ 6. Barber argues that the trial court committed reversible error by refusing to grant proposed jury instructions DGP-14 and DGP-15, which embodied the lesser offense of manslaughter. Barber contends that the facts in this case do not rise to the level of murder but more accurately support a conviction for manslaughter. Barber asserts that the jury should have been given the lesser-included charge of manslaughter to consider as a possible verdict. ¶ 7. The record reflects that Barber sold McCain cocaine. At the time of the sale, Barber could see the money in McCain's billfold. Barber later pulled out a pistol and told McCain to Up all your money. McCain refused, and Barber shot McCain. McCain later perished. It is evident that McCain's murder was committed during the commission of a crime, specifically robbery. This Court found in Griffin v. State, 557 So.2d 542, 549 (Miss. 1990), that a homicide having occurred during the course of a robbery did not require a manslaughter instruction to be given. We find no reversible error in the trial court's refusal to instruct the jury on manslaughter.