Banks v. State

631 So.2d 748 (1994)

Anthony BANKS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 91-KA-0851.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 20, 1994.

Tom T. Ross, Jr., Ross Hunt Spell & Ross, Clarksdale, for appellant.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Jean Smith Vaughan, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and SULLIVAN and SMITH, JJ.

SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

Anthony Banks was convicted in the Circuit Court of Coahoma County of aggravated assault and sentenced to ten years with four years suspended and ordered to pay $3,000 in restitution to the victim. Banks admitted stabbing Dennis Thompson in…