Haygood v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

The defendant was tried and convicted of an aggravated assault upon his wife, who had been beaten senseless, suffered an episode of amnesia, and was unable to testify to anything that happened from before she left work on the day in question until after she had been taken to the hospital at about 4 a.m. of the following morning. The assault took place on December 10, 1978. The defendant appeals from the overruling of his motion for new trial.

1. The court allowed the victim to testify over objection that she and the defendant were married in September, 1976; that he assaulted…