Opinion ID: 1624195
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Heading: appellant's sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under section 28 of the mississippi constitution.

Text: The maximum penalty for aggravated assault is twenty (20) years imprisonment. Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-7 (Supp. 1987). Appellant was sentenced to twenty (20) years imprisonment, ten (10) of which were suspended. This Court has held in numerous decisions that the imposition of a sentence by the trial judge does not constitute cruel and inhuman punishment and is not an abuse of discretion if within the statutory limits. Presley v. State, 474 So.2d 612 (Miss. 1985); Johnson v. State, 461 So.2d 1288 (Miss. 1984); Contreras v. State, 445 So.2d 543 (Miss. 1984); Allen v. State, 440 So.2d 544 (Miss. 1983); Adams v. State, 410 So.2d 1332 (Miss. 1982); Baker v. State, 394 So.2d 1376 (Miss. 1981); Boyington v. State, 389 So.2d 485 (Miss. 1980); Anderson v. State, 381 So.2d 1019 (Miss. 1980); Horton v. State, 374 So.2d 764 (Miss. 1979); Boone v. State, 291 So.2d 182 (Miss. 1974); Clanton v. State, 279 So.2d 599 (Miss. 1973); McCormick v. State, 279 So.2d 596 (Miss. 1973); Green v. State, 270 So.2d 695 (Miss. 1972); Capler v. State, 237 So.2d 445 (Miss. 1970). The assigned Error III is rejected.