Lawhon v. State

CATES, Judge.

A jury convicted the appellants of assaulting James Lee Vaughan with intent to murder him, and the judge sentenced each of them to five years imprisonment.

Their brief states the facts concisely thus:

“ * * * appellants and James Lee Vaughan, the injured party, along with Rex Royals entered into a free-for-all fight; * * * James Lee Vaughan and Rex Royals were on one side, * * * appellants were on the other. * * * Rex Royals ran and left the scene and left Vaughan as the only one to defend himself in a fight where the three appellants and perhaps others were engaged and that James…