GARDNER v. STATE

No. 50959.

368 So.2d 245 (1979)

Alonzo GARDNER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson & Hinton, Phil R. Hinton, Corinth, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Catherine Walker Underwood, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, BROOM and BOWLING, JJ.


PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Alonzo Gardner appeals his conviction of aggravated assault upon a police officer for which he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Circuit Court of Alcorn County.

About 10:00 p.m. on July 4, 1977, Policeman Larry Fuquay of Corinth answered a call which informed that someone was firing a gun in the southern part of the city. With this information he drove to the residence of Alonzo Gardner and knocked on the...

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