Norris v. State

490 So.2d 839 (1986)

Curtis NORRIS

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 56096.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 28, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1986.

Laurel G. Weir, Thomas L. Booker, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by DeWitt Allred, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before WALKER, P.J., and PRATHER and SULLIVAN, JJ.

SULLIVAN, Justice, for the Court:

Curtis Norris was convicted of aggravated assault for knowingly causing bodily injury to Terry Winstead by stabbing him with a knife. Norris was sentenced to fifteen (15) years in the Department of Corrections by the…