Hanes v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Assault with Intent to Murder. Sentence: 15 years imprisonment.

On the night of July 7, 1973 the appellant, James Hanes was at Looney’s Skating Rink in Montgomery. He had been watching fourteen year old Donna Lynn Cannon skating with some of her friends. He asked a boy to tell her he would give her $20 to go to his apartment with him. She told the boy to tell Hanes she would not go. A few minutes later she skated by Hanes and told him she was going to tell her father. Hanes immediately left, got a gun and went to Donna Cannon’s neighborhood. He hid in some bushes until she…