Madison v. State

INZER, Justice:

Appellant Vernon Madison, an inmate at the State Penitentiary, was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder Larry Taylor, a fellow inmate. He was sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the State Penitentiary to begin upon the expiration of the term he is now serving. From this conviction and sentence he appeals. We affirm.

The only assignment of error is that the verdict of the jury was against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. It is uncontradicted that appellant first struck Taylor…