Edwards v. State

Andre Edwards appeals his conviction and sentence for aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm. He asserts variously that he was convicted of a crime not charged or that the jury’s failure to convict him of “aggravated battery reclassified while inflicting great bodily harm or death” precluded his conviction of aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm. We find no merit to either iteration of this claim. The offense of which he was convicted was charged, and the failure of the jury to convict of the “aggravated battery reclassified” would not preclude conviction of aggravated…