State v. Todd

Littlejohn, Justice:

The appellant, Michael Gene Todd, was charged in two indictments with assualt and battery with intent to kill upon Sam J. Owens and Floyd Holcombe. The pistol shootings which constituted the assault and battery grew out of the same incident and the cases were tried together.

After conviction of a lesser offense and sentence on both indictments, Todd acquired counsel now of record and filed this appeal. He submits to this Court that the trial judge erred in five particulars as relate to his charge to the jury. He further alleges that the conviction should not stand since…