Watkins v. State

Miller, Chief Judge.

A jury found Roderick Watkins and Reginald Thomas guilty of one count of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2)) and one count of aggravated battery (OCGA § 16-5-24 (a)). In Case No. A10A2236, Watkins appeals challenging the sufficiency of the evidence as to his conviction of aggravated assault. Further, he contends that the trial court erred in refusing to charge the jury on justification and on reckless conduct as a lesser included offense of aggravated assault. In Case No. A10A2312, Thomas appeals claiming that the trial court erred in failing to merge his…