Yawn v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Kendall Eugene Yawn was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On appeal, Yawn enumerates three errors.

The underlying case arose after Yawn’s girlfriend summoned help for domestic violence. When Chief Deputy Ron Bivens responded to the call at about 10:30 p.m., he parked his police cruiser under a security light. Stephen Rogers, a friend of Yawn’s, intercepted Bivens and warned him to move his car from under the light because Yawn was armed with a rifle and “Kendall is going to kill ya’ll.” Rogers told him that the…