Farmer v. State

Marlon F. Farmer was convicted of attempted assault in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. He was also convicted of three counts of reckless endangerment and given concurrent sentences of six months' imprisonment in each case. On this appeal from those four convictions, Farmer raises two issues.

I

Section 13A-11-61(a), Ala. Code (1975), provides:

"(a) No person shall shoot or discharge a firearm, explosive or other weapon which discharges a dangerous projectile into any occupied or unoccupied dwelling . . . in this state."

Under § 13A-11-61(b), discharging a firearm into…