Wells v. State

Deen, Judge.

Under the new criminal code (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1280 et seq.) numerous offenses formerly specifically set out are grouped as assaults or batteries. Ch. 26-13. The former offense of mayhem is replaced by Code Ann. §26-1305 (aggravated battery) and the offense of shooting at another by Code Ann. § 26-1302 (aggravated assault), according to notes of the Criminal Law Study Committee (Ga. L. 1961, p. 96). Presumably aggravated assault ("assault . . . with a deadly weapon”) was also intended to include the former offense of stabbing provided the weapon was in fact of the denominated…