¶1George Ballard was indicted in Clay County for murder, convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen (15) years imprisonment. On appeal he assigns three errors but it is necessary that we note only one assignment of error because it requires the reversal of this case, and there is no merit to the other two assignments of error.
¶2Ballard argues that the court erred when it refused to allow him to personally make a portion of the closing argument to the jury. Article 3, Section 26, Mississippi Constitution of 1890 provides in part as follows:
In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a right to be heard by himself or counsel, or both, .
¶3We held in Gray v. State, 351 So.2d 1342 (Miss.1977) that a defendant is entitled to personally argue his case to the jury and refusal to allow him to do so is reversible error.
¶4REVERSED AND REMANDED.