Dodd v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year on a charge of assault to rob one Susie Lloyd. This appea] challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and judgment against him. The Attorney General has confessed error, and this confession must be sustained.

Mrs. Susie Lloyd, the prosecuting witness, testified as follows: “Yes, sir, and when he (appellant) came up tolable close to the front gate, I was on the porch and he said, ‘What are you doing with this big snake out here?’ and I said ‘I didn’t know there was one there,’ and he…