Augusta v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Michael Anthony Augusta, was indicted by the Mobile County grand jury under a two-count indictment alleging violation of § 13A-6-20(a)(l) and (3), Code of Alabama 1975 (assault in the first degree). At trial the jury returned a verdict of guilty of first degree assault. The appellant was thereafter sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The appellant was arrested for throwing a brick through the window of a passing pick-up truck on February 15, 1990. The brick caused serious injury to the victim when it struck her in the face. She sustained a broken nose and a broken…