Hollis v. State

Assault in the first degree; twenty years.

Dr. R.C. Christopher, a physician in Guin, Alabama, testified that on June 7, 1981, he treated eighty-one-year-old Mrs. Dixie Hollis in the emergency room of the local hospital. He stated that when he first examined her she was semi-conscious, covered with dried blood, and obviously had been severely beaten. The tissue on her left forearm was completely torn back and she had damage to her chest wall. In addition, she had numerous broken ribs, extensive blood clots in both lungs and her right lung had burst. Dr. Christopher said that Mrs. Hollis was…