TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.
The appellant, Derrick McTerry, was convicted of assault in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-20. He was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary.
The state's case rested solely on the testimony of Ronald Jelks, the 19-year-old victim. Jelks testified that on March 10, 1993, the appellant shot him in the neck as Jelks was riding a bicycle in Birmingham. Jelks stated that he and a friend, Greg Williams, had been drinking...
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