Eldridge v. State

Adams, Judge.

Charles Eldridge was convicted by a jury of two counts of aggravated assault. He appeals following the denial of his motion for new trial.

Taffee Lashonda Wright testified that around 6:30 a.m. on September 1, 2003, she was traveling down Highway 49 toward Fort Valley with her eight-year-old daughter, who was in the back seat, when she noticed a car pull alongside her. Wright heard a “popping” sound, and her daughter started screaming, “Fire, fire, I’m burning, I’m burning.” Wright looked in her rearview mirror to see what was *85wrong with her daughter, and noticed the car that had…