State v. Hutchings

Justice DURHAM,

opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

11 Larry Lewis Hutchings was convicted of aggravated assault and eriminal mischief. Hutchings appealed his convictions and submitted a hybrid Anders /merits brief. Upon review of Hutchings's pro se filings and his counsel's Anders brief, the court of appeals identified only one meritorious issue: the claim that the jury instructions misstated the law regarding aggravated assault. The court of appeals affirmed Hutchings's conviction based on its interpretation of the aggravated assault statute. On certiorari before this court, Hutchings…