Long v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Rube Kenneth Long was convicted for assault in the first degree, sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, and ordered to pay $50,000 to the victim. The sentence was “split” with the appellant being required to serve two years in prison and three years on probation.

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The appellant contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence the results of a blood test for alcohol, where the test was taken hours after the automobile collision and the prosecution failed to prove that the appellant had no access to liquor between the collision and the test.

The State’s…