Lanier v. State

1. The defendant was convicted of assault with intent to murder. The evidence connecting him with the offense charged was sufficient to authorize the jury to find that the defendant was guilty, to the exclusion of every other reasonable hypothesis except that of his guilt.

2. Under one phase of the evidence the jury were authorized to find that there was a concert of action, and that the minds of Monts Lanier, the defendant, and Adcus Lanier, the defendant’s brother, concurred and united in a common purpose. They conspired, “breathed together,” in a common intent to stab and kill the…