Sellers v. State

MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. A Rankin County jury found Nathan Sellers guilty of aggravated assault after he used his hands and arms to choke Terry Brown. Sellers argues the evidence is insufficient to support an aggravated-assault conviction. He asks this court to reverse his conviction or, alternatively, directly remand his case for sentencing on the lesser-included offense of simple assault. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, we find a reasonable jury could have found that “by choking [Brown] with his hands until she almost passed out” Sellers attempted to…