Barnes v. State

249 So.2d 383 (1971)

Lee Guster BARNES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 46396.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 7, 1971.

Howard C. Coleman, West Point, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Velia Ann Mayer, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, Justice:

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Clay County, Mississippi, on a charge of assault and battery by pointing, aiming, discharging and injuring one Richard Simmons with a pistol as defined by Section 2013 Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated (1956). He was sentenced to serve a term of four years in the…