State v. Ross

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, John Curtis Ross, was indicted in two counts by the Madison County grand jury for assault with the intent to commit murder in the first degree and for employing a firearm while committing a felony. He was convicted of assault with the intent to commit voluntary manslaughter of Wayne Baxter and of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of one and five years in the Madison County Workhouse.

Evidence at trial showed that Wayne Baxter went to the home of his brother-in-law, Joe Carroll, in Madison County…