Crafton v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellant seeks reversal of a judgment sentencing him as a habitual offender to consecutive terms of 25 years for first degree battery and 10 years for possession of a firearm by a felon. The charges arose from a tavern quarrel with Hugh Jones. Witnesses said appellant drew a pistol, which he and Jones struggled over, and Jones sustained a bullet wound in the leg. Appellant argues six points, but we find no reversible error.

Three days before trial the information was amended to charge the appellant as a habitual offender. Citing Ellingburg v. Lockhart, 397 F. Supp. 771…