Court of Appeals of Mississippi September 6, 2011, 2009-KA-00781-COA (Collins v. State)

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury sitting before the Hinds County Circuit Court found Timothy Collins guilty of aggravated assault. The circuit court sentenced Collins to twenty years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Aggrieved, Collins appeals and claims that he was entitled to a lesser-included-offense instruction on simple assault.