People v. McDaniel

At night on February 9, 1983, two sheriff’s deputies stationed themselves inside the defendant’s house because they had received a tip that a burglary might be attempted there. After a series of misunderstandings the defendant, though he had met one of the deputies and been told of the plan, became convinced that the deputies were the expected burglars. The defendant chased them from his home, firing a gun at one of them. The defendant was then charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault, convicted of those charges in a jury trial, and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on the…