FOTH, C.J.:
Defendant was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault, committed with a pistol. It appears that defendant offered to shake hands with one Gary Blacksmith, a younger man who was seated at a table in a Horton tavern. When Blacksmith didn't respond, defendant chided him for not standing to shake hands with his elder, then placed a loaded pistol under the victim's chin, forcing him to rise.
On appeal defendant raises five points. Four of them can...
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