Floyd v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. The defendant Floyd was convicted of aggravated assault following an altercation between him and the former husband of a woman whose home he was leaving. The husband, who lived in a detached building at the rear of the lot, was mowing the front lawn at the time. The evidence is disputed as to which man first attacked the other, but the victim testified that Floyd went to his car, took a pistol from the floorboard, and shot him three times. The defendant admitted the shooting, which he contended was in self-defense. A finding that this was done in self-defense is not…