Dickerson v. State

Carley, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury on a multi-count indictment which alleged his commission of numerous offenses against several members of a family. The jury found him guilty of only one count of aggravated assault against one of the family members. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdict.

1. Appellant had requested a charge on simple assault as a lesser included offense of aggravated assault. The trial court’s failure to give this requested charge is enumerated as error.

Simple assault “is…