Miles v. City of Tuscaloosa

TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Henry Lee Miles, was convicted, in the municipal court of the City of *346Tuscaloosa, of assault in the third degree, in violation of § 13A-8-22, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to six months in jail, was fined $500, and was ordered to pay the victim’s hospital bills, which totaled approximately $7,000. Upon this conviction, he filed an appeal to circuit court for a trial de novo, along with a demand for a jury trial.

A pre-trial conference in the circuit court *was held on February 23, 1989, at which time the case was announced ready for trial. After…