McDowell v. State

Smith, Judge.

Robert Lee McDowell was indicted by a Tattnall County grand jury on one count of aggravated assault and one count of aggravated assault upon a correctional officer. A jury found him guilty of aggravated assault on Count 1 and guilty of the lesser included offense of aggravated assault on Count 2. McDowell’s trial counsel did not timely file an appeal, and the trial court granted McDowell’s pro se motion to file an out-of-time appeal and appointed new counsel to represent him.

The indictment charged that McDowell, an inmate at Georgia State Prison at Reidsville, assaulted a special…