Sheats v. State

Andrews, Judge.

Sheats was charged and convicted of aggravated assault, and appeals.

Viewing the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict, Sheats stabbed victim Williams with a butcher knife several times. Williams testified that he was not carrying a knife at the time of the incident and that Sheats instigated the conflict. Williams stated that when Sheats stabbed him, he had keys in his hand.

Sheats and another witness testified that Williams attacked Sheats first. Sheats, who admitted that he had been drinking that evening, stated that he acted in self-defense.

1. In his first…