YATES v. STATE

No. 44046.

190 So.2d 461 (1966)

Charles YATES v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Suggestion of Error Overruled October 17, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Shands, Vaiden, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice:

The appellant, Charles Yates, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County of assault and battery upon one Anderson, with intent to kill and murder him, and was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the penitentiary.

The appellant has assigned one ground for reversal, contending that the verdict finding him guilty was contrary to law and the overwhelming weight of the evidence.

Both appellant and Anderson testified,...

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