Shelton v. State

On Return to Remand

This case was originally assigned to another judge. It was reassigned to Judge Cobb on March 11, 1999.

The appellant, Lereed Shelton, was convicted of third-degree assault in the district court. See § 13A-6-22, Ala. Code 1975. He appealed his conviction to the Etowah Circuit Court for a trial de novo; he was again convicted of third-degree assault. The circuit court sentenced him to 30 days' confinement, but suspended the sentence and placed him on unsupervised probation for two years. As a condition of his probation, Shelton was also ordered to pay a $500 fine, court costs,…