Netherland v. State

909 So.2d 716 (2005)

Rusty Edward NETHERLAND

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2004-KA-01047-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 2, 2005.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 2005.

Edmund J. Phillips, Jr., attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by W. Daniel Hinchcliff, attorney for appellee.

Before SMITH, C.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.

EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Rusty Edward Netherland was indicted by a Leake County Grand Jury for the aggravated assault of William Stevens by striking and kicking Stevens manifesting extreme indifference to human life on or about March…