State v. Miller

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Chief Judge.

Michael Miller was charged with first-degree assault, § 565.050, 1 as a result of an altercation between Miller and Dennis Newlin on December 22, 2000. As a consequence of the fight, Dennis Newlin sustained a severe head injury and a skull fracture, among other things and, at the time of trial, still could not walk or stand on his own and was essentially incoherent, with a prognosis that his mental condition was unlikely to improve. Miller was convicted by a jury of the offense as charged, and on July 18, 2001, he was sentenced as a prior offender to twenty years…