Cranford v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2)) for shooting his four-year-old daughter in the head. He did not deny shooting her but contended that he was mentally ill at the time and was attempting suicide as well as her killing. He sustained a superficial scalp wound, while his daughter suffered a serious head wound. At trial, defendant called a retained psychiatrist and the attorney who represented him in connection with juvenile court custody proceedings.

1. The first claimed error is that the court refused to allow ques*863tioning of the attorney as to…