State v. Skipper

HUNTER, Judge.

Ricky Andrew Skipper (“defendant”) appeals his conviction and sentencing for assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and for being an habitual felon. We conclude that there was no error in defendant’s trial or sentencing.

The State’s evidence tended to show that in the early morning hours of 14 May 1999, the victim, Lloyd Dean Morrow (“Morrow”), was sitting on the front porch of a friend’s house along with other friends. Morrow and his friends observed defendant, who lived across the street, arrive home. Defendant got out of a car and carried a cooler up to his…