Bailey v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Marlin Reynaldo Bailey appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial following his conviction by a jury of aggravated assault, contending that the trial court improperly gave a jury instruction on self-defense from Spradlin v. State, 151 Ga. App. 585, 586 (1) (260 SE2d 517) (1979), overruled on other grounds, Bangs v. State, 198 Ga. App. 404, 406 (2) (401 SE2d 599) (1991).

1. Viewed with all inferences in favor of the jury’s verdict, Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979), the evidence was that, on the evening of October 23, 1999,…