State v. Sacco

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Ohio County, William F. Sacco, Jr., asks this Court to set aside the final judgment of conviction entered against him on a jury verdict of guilty of unlawful assault. The State acknowledges that the court committed reversible error on the two principle grounds asserted by the appellant. We agree, and therefore reverse the final judgment and remand the case for further proceedings.

The July 1976 Term of the Ohio County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging that the appellant “... did unlawfully, feloniously and maliciously shoot, stab, cut, wound…