Dennis v. State

Dennis was indicted for the offense of assault with intent to murder. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of that offense but recommended a misdemeanor punishment, and the judge sentenced him in accordance with the recommendation.

Counsel for the defendant argues first that the evidence does not support the verdict. Taking the evidence most favorably to the State it appears that on the night of the assault, the-defendant and his brother were involved in trouble with Kelly, the prosecutor, and that the defendant told the prosecutor that he “was going to start something my [his] feet couldn’t…