Hughes v. State

Appellant seeks review of his convictions and sentences for aggravated battery and burglary of a dwelling. Appellant raises a number of issues, only two of which merit discussion: 1) whether the trial court erred in excluding evidence of Appellant’s knowledge of the victim’s previous acts of violence that was relevant to Appellant’s claim of self-defense; and 2) whether the trial court erred in denying Appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on the burglary charge because there was no evidence that he intended to commit a criminal offense when he entered the dwelling. For the reasons…