McBride v. State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted Earl Darrisaw McBride of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, simple battery, obstruction of an emergency telephone call, and three counts of obstruction of an officer. The trial court sentenced him to 35 years, 20 to be served in confinement. McBride contends on appeal that the trial court erred in failing to charge the jury that it could find him not guilty by reason of insanity, and in declining McBride’s request for a mistrial based on his failure to cooperate with his counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The evidence showed that…