Layne v. State

At about midnight on March 3, 1973, defendant-appellant, Ronald Steven Layne (Layne), while accompanied by James Buttram (Buttram), was driving his automobile and following a car driven by Robert O’Brien, who eventually became the victim of an assault by Layne. Layne was flashing his lights from high to low beam which O’Brien took as a signal to stop, which he did. After stopping he noted it was not the police and continued on his way. This was followed by Layne’s auto nudging the rear of O’Brien’s auto after which O’Brien did stop and Layne then stopped his car to the left of O’Brien’s.…