Willis v. State

The appellant was convicted of assault in the first degree and sentenced to life in the penitentiary as a habitual felony offender with one prior felony conviction.

I

The state's case in chief consisted of the testimony of the victim, Robert Lee Franklin, and three nurses who were on duty August 23, 1981, at the time of the offense. The victim was a patient in a hospital recovering from gun shot wounds inflicted by the appellant on August 3, 1981. About 1:00 a.m. the appellant came into the victim's hospital room with a stocking over his face and stabbed him in the chest and back with a knife.…