BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted appellant-defendant of assaulting Wiley B. Dawkins, a police officer of the City of Brighton, Alabama, with a deadly instrument (a loaded pistol) while engaged in the active discharge of his lawful duty or duties. An indictment therefor was based on Title 14, § 374(20), Recompiled Code 1958, 1973 Cumulative Pocket Part; 1967 General Acts, p. 1600. The court sentenced defendant to eight years in the...
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