State v. Lewis

The defendant, Terry L. Lewis, was convicted of third-degree assault while armed with a firearm and appeals from the judgment and sentence imposed thereon.

Commencing in the early evening hours of November 21, 1974, and continuing into the early morning of November 22, 1974, defendant and his wife pursued a course of drinking and arguing. This all culminated in defendant’s demanding that Mrs. Lewis leave the family home and threatening to “blow her brains out” if she should return and enter his bedroom. Mrs. Lewis left through the back door which defendant latched behind her and he then…