Long v. State

CARR, Judge.

Paul, Harold, and John Long, brothers, were jointly indicted for the offense of assault with intent to murder. A severance was ordered. Paul was tried and convicted as charged. This appeal followed.

Without dispute in the evidence, appellant cut George W. Snead, Jr. with a pocket knife. There were several wounds inflicted in the body of Snead.

The question of the legal justification of the assault centers around the question of self defense, which the accused claimed.

The evidence for the prosecution supported the judgment of conviction. Counsel for appellant in brief does not make…