Lawson v. State

Robert L. Lawson was convicted in Houston County Circuit Court of second degree assault, and sentenced to three years' imprisonment. The pertinent evidence at trial was as follows:

After a difficulty in "Mr. Silk's" lounge, the victim, Michael Jackson, and appellant started to go outside. Mr. Jackson was later found unconscious with very low blood pressure and bleeding from a puncture wound in the upper left portion of the chest around the nipple area. The victim testified that he was stabbed by the appellant in "the lower part of my heart" and that his hospitalization continued for two weeks…