Perry v. State

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Kevin Ryan Perry guilty of aggravated assault. Perry appeals, arguing the trial court erred in excluding expert testimony relating to his justification defense. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, 1 the evidence shows that 18-year-old Perry lived with his mother and Billy Mitchell, his mother’s boyfriend. On August 30, 2005, Perry began arguing with his mother, and she told Mitchell to take Perry to his father’s house. Screaming that he did not want to leave, Perry stabbed Mitchell severed times with a…