Weaver v. State

The appellant, Brent Purvis Weaver, was indicted and convicted for the offense of first degree assault, as proscribed by § 13A-6-20(a)(3), Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment and was ordered to pay $25 victims' compensation assessment, court costs, and restitution of $5,026.47.

The prosecution's evidence tended to show the following: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 4, 1988, a "pretty day," Billie Parsons was driving her 1986 Chevrolet Blazer vehicle east on Moffat Road, a four-lane highway. Her vehicle was travelling in the right-hand lane when she…