Tucker v. State

The indictment charged Jerry Louis Tucker, alias Kenneth Shaw, with the unlawful assault with intent to murder one Lonnie Williams. The jury found the appellant "guilty as charged," and the trial court set sentence at eight years imprisonment. The appellant filed a motion for a new trial, challenging the weight and sufficiency of the evidence, which was duly overruled following a hearing. This appeal follows.

Adam D. Hays, a police officer with the City of Birmingham, testified that he responded to a call to investigate a shooting at 592 Forty-first Street, North, in the City of Birmingham, at…