Andrews v. State

Assault with a deadly instrument on a peace officer engaged in active discharge of his lawful duties; sentence: twenty years.

In the early morning hours of February 7, 1976, two Opp police officers, Hyrum W. Turner and Lawrence Nelson, were called to a local drive-in restaurant to investigate a reported disturbance. They heard a shot and went to a window of the restaurant. There they saw the appellant with a gun. Turner told the appellant to drop the gun and come outside. The appellant pointed the gun in their direction, and they stepped away from the window.

Turner and Nelson then took refuge…