Fullwood v. State

JOHNSON, Judge.

After a jury trial, Dale Fullwood was convicted of aggravated assault and battery. He appeals, challenging a jury instruction and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. The challenges are without merit, and we thus affirm Fullwood’s convictions.

1. Construed most strongly in support of the verdicts, the evidence shows that during an altercation, Fullwood stabbed James Lambus with a knife and bit Crystal Lambus on the back. The evidence was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find Fullwood guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of aggravated assault for the stabbing…