Breedlove v. State

There is no merit in the contention that the defendant’s conviction was unauthorized by the evidence in that it appeared from the facts that he did not in fact shoot this pistol, but that, during a tussle between Ryals, the defendant, and police officers Martin and Butler of the Bainbridge police force. Ryals, in trying to take officer Butler’s gun, fired the same at officer Martin. Neither is the contention meritorious that the evidence did not support the defendant’s conviction of an assault with intent to murder Amos Martin, because it appeared from the evidence that the defendant was…