Lasley v. State

Appellant, Bruce Lasley, was indicted on two counts of attempted murder in violation of § 13A-4-2, Code of Alabama 1975. Trial by jury commenced on May 1, 1984. On May 3, 1984, after two days of deliberation, the jury returned verdicts of guilty on the lesser included offenses of assault in the first degree on each count. The trial court sentenced appellant to a term of twenty-two years in the penitentiary on each count, to run concurrently.

The indictments alleged that appellant attempted to intentionally cause the deaths of Terrance Smith, a child of approximately three years of age, and…