Young v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, John Hill Young, was convicted of aggravated assault, for which he was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. On appeal, he enumerates as error several evidentiary rulings along with the general grounds.

On December 18, 1980, the appellant’s late wife, Brenda Young, was hospitalized and underwent a series of operations to remove blood clots from her brain. Part of her skull had to be removed, necessitating placement of a plate to cover the opening; other permanent consequences included a large scar and a partial loss of vision.

A few days before that…