Brooks v. State

360 So.2d 704 (1978)

Lewis BROOKS, Jr.

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50542.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 12, 1978.

Sullivan, Smith, Hunt & Vickery, Ralph E. Chapman, Clarksdale, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Marvin L. White, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before PATTERSON, C.J., and LEE and BOWLING, JJ.

PATTERSON, Chief Justice, for the Court:

Lewis Brooks, Jr., appeals from a conviction of aggravated assault and a sentence of five years by the Circuit Court of Coahoma County.

On the morning of June 15, 1976, Mrs. Sheila Garrard left her place of employment in the…