JAMES H. FAULKNER, Retired Justice.
Alton McArthur Buchanan was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on a charge of assault in the second degree. The indictment charged that Buchanan did, with intent, cause physical injury to Claude R. Shew, by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, to-wit: a flashlight, in violation of § 13A-6-21, Code of Alabama 1975.
Buchanan pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was tried by a jury and was found guilty...
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