POUNDERS v. STATE

No. 49191.

335 So.2d 904 (1976)

Jerry Dean POUNDERS v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy D. Shelton, Leroy Henderson, Jr., Tupelo, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen. by Vera Madel Speakes, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before GILLESPIE, SMITH and WALKER, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Jerry Dean Pounders was convicted of aggravated assault upon a law enforcement officer and sentenced to serve a term of 15 years in the penitentiary, with 5 years suspended during good behavior. He has appealed here.

The episode out of which the prosecution arose began with a severe beating administered to his wife by Pounders. She escaped with their children and ran next door to the house of a neighbor. The neighbor had already...

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