Cowart v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was convicted of aggravated assault on December 5, 1984. The evidence at trial, construed most favorably to uphold the verdict, showed that on June 25, 1984, the defendant was at a swimming area on Black Creek in Bryan County, Georgia when he became upset because someone had removed several soft drinks from his cooler. Armed with a .357 Magnum handgun, the defendant began stopping automobiles as they were leaving the swimming area, demanding to be paid for the soft drinks. William Highsmith (the victim) approached the defendant in an effort to pursuade…