Lawson v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

Michael Lawson was convicted by a Fulton County jury of aggravated assault and aggravated battery based on evidence that he sliced a woman’s throat from her ear to her chin. The trial court merged the aggravated battery conviction with the aggravated assault conviction for sentencing purposes and sentenced Lawson to a term of ten years, seven in prison and three on probation. Lawson enumerates two errors on appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial: ineffective assistance of counsel and an alleged fatal variance between the indictment and the proof. We affirm.

1. Lawson…