McRae v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Christopher McRae was convicted of aggravated assault. He appeals his conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence three photographs depicting the victim’s knife wounds. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Davis v. State, 2 the evidence shows that on the night of January 31, 2003, the victim and McRae were playing pool together at a local tavern. Late in the evening, they began arguing over the outcome of the game, and as a…