Johnson v. State

230 So.2d 810 (1970)

Robert JOHNSON and Christle Johnson

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 45586.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

January 26, 1970.

Jack B. Carlisle, Ackerman, Noel W. Buckley, Jackson, for appellants.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Velia Mayer, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

Robert Johnson and Christie Johnson, his brother, were indicted, with one Patridge, for assault and battery upon Bennie Ray, Town Marshall for the City of Eupora, with intent to kill and murder him. Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 2011 (1956).…