McKinney v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant received a six-year prison sentence following conviction on a charge of aggravated assault stemming from his shooting of a neighbor and drinking companion. He moved for a new trial on the general grounds, and after the denial of the motion, he brought this appeal on the same grounds. Held:

Appellant and his victim had been acquainted for several years prior to the shooting incident which is the subject of this appeal. Although they socialized fairly regularly, bad feeling apparently had existed for some time. On the day preceding the shooting, the victim had…