Ransom v. State

Branch, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Timothy Lamar Ransom was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault1 and three counts of aggravated battery.2 Ransom now appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, asserting that the trial court erred in failing to grant a mistrial following the inadvertent admission of evidence of Ransom’s bad character and in refusing to instruct the jury on the law of self-defense. We find no error and affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Goolsby v. State, 299 Ga. App. 330-331 (682 SE2d 671) (2009), the record shows that Mario…