Washington v. State

Young J.

The appellant, Washington, was charged and convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill, and of carrying a handgun without a license. He was sentenced to an indeterminate term of two to fourteen years on the former charge, and, because of a prior conviction of the latter, to five years on that offense under the enhanced penalty provision. He thereupon brought this appeal.

Washington contends that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction in that the State did not adequately prove his intent to kill, that the victim could not identify the defendant as his…