State v. Wilkerson

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was convicted of the offenses of assault with intent to maim with malice aforethought and also of tampering with a motor vehicle. He was sentenced to total terms of twelve years imprisonment and this direct appeal follows:

The evidence favorable to conviction shows that two persons alighted from a red Volvo automobile and broke into a parked automobile in search for drugs. They were detected by policemen on surveillance and a chase on foot developed down dark streets and alleys. In the course of this flight a shot was fired at an officer in pursuit. The…