Sharp v. State

BOWLING, Justice,

for the Court:

Appellant Henderson Sharp, Jr. was indicted, tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County for the crime of aggravated assault. He received a sentence of fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

The only assignment of error is the alleged admission by the lower court of evidence concerning other offenses.

The incidents involved in the cause occurred on July 13, 1982. Appellant was an employee of a construction company that was engaged in a road construction job on said date. During the day appellant was dismissed from…