Hughes v. State

OPINION

BUSSEY, Judge:

Appellant, Lige Hughes, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged, tried and convicted in the District Court, Caddo County, Case No. CRF-74-31, for the offense of Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, After Former Conviction of a Felony, in violation of 21 O.S. § 645. His punishment was fixed at a term of five (5) years imprisonment, and from said judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been perfected to this Court.

At the trial, the first witness, Jimmie Strong, testified that he was with the complaining witness, Dennis Smith, on March 1, 1974, at the…