Jackson v. State

BRADY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison County, Mississippi, wherein the appellant was found guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder and was sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary. From that verdict and judgment this appeal is taken.

On September 13, 1970, Robert Cotton and William Preston Lowe were accompanied by two Negro girls from Tougaloo College. When attempting to back out from a congested parking area at the Village Grill, the state’s prosecuting witness, Robert Cotton, became involved in a struggle…