Burger v. State

Lucas Benjamin Burger was charged in an indictment with two counts of assault in the second degree, under § 13A-6-21(a)(4), Ala. Code 1975. His mother, Sheila L. Burger, was charged in a separate indictment with one count of assault in the second degree, also under § 13A-6-21(a)(4). All three charges arose from altercations that occurred at the Shelby County courthouse after a municipal court judge found Lucas Burger guilty of an unrelated offense. The Burgers' cases were consolidated for trial, and the jury found Lucas Burger guilty of the lesser-included offense of assault in the third…