Manning v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Claudia Denise Manning was convicted of simple battery and aggravated assault involving the same victim, her boyfriend.

The evidence, when viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, showed that Manning entered the victim’s home without permission, then struck the victim in the face with a wooden object when he asked her to leave. About six weeks later, Manning drove up beside the same victim, left her vehicle and stabbed him in the shoulder. Manning then backed her vehicle into him and sped away. Manning claimed self-defense as to both incidents.

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