Harris v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant Willie C. Harris was convicted of the offense of aggravated battery (OCGA § 16-5-24). On appeal, he asserts the general grounds and argues that his actions were in self-defense and that the injury was accidental.

Although not without dispute, the facts show that after the victim twice refused defendant’s proposal of marriage, the defendant picked up a chair and hit her in her left eye, causing the victim to lose sight permanently in that eye. The evidence also shows that the victim and the defendant had at one time lived together and that during a previous altercation the…