Alexander v. State

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

OPINION

The defendant-appellant, C. L. Alexander, and his codefendant, James Morrow, were indicted for assault with intent to commit first degree murder. Both were convicted of assault and battery and sentenced by the jury to eleven months and twenty-nine days incarceration. Only Alexander appeals the conviction.

There was a sharp conflict in the testimony at trial. According to Melvin Perry, the 61 year old victim, two men stormed through the front door of his house one night as he lay sleeping in his bed, knocked out the ceiling lights, beat, kicked and then dragged him onto…