Thomas v. State

The defendant was convicted of assault with intent to murder. The record shows that the defendant, unprovoked, wantonly and in utter recklessness struck a bus driver with a pair of metal knucks, knocking the bus driver to the pavement unconscious. He inflicted a wound on the outside of the jaw which required eleven stitches to repair, and a gash on the inside of the mouth which required seven stitches to repair. The lick also broke the jawbone of the bus driver in five places. The victim was confined to the hospital for approximately two weeks and was incapacitated from performing his, duty…