Williams v. the State

McFADDEN, Judge.

After a jury trial, Demarques Lee Williams was convicted of aggravated assault and aggravated battery. In this appeal, he argues that the trial court should have merged the convictions for sentencing because they arose from the same course of conduct. We find that the trial court did not err in declining to merge the convictions because the aggravated assault was a separate act from the ensuing act of aggravated battery. Williams also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, but we find that the evidence supports the convictions. We therefore affirm.

1. Facts.

When a…