Campbell v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

As a result of having shot Tommy Thacker four times the appellant was convicted of first-degree battery and sentenced to 20 years’ confinement. As a result of having shot James Lyons one time the appellant was convicted at the same trial of second-degree battery and sentenced to 3 years’ confinement. At the defendant’s request the trial court gave him credit for 372 days of jail time, even though, as the court pointed out, approximately a year of that time was spent in custody pursuant to a misdemeanor conviction in municipal court for a separate offense. The…