Darden v. State

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Elaine Darden was convicted of one count of aggravated assault. The trial court denied Darden’s motion for new trial and this appeal followed.

On October 20, 1995, the victim, Marion White, 1 was in a bar with his wife, Gail, and David Darden, Elaine Darden’s husband. David Darden received a call saying that there had been a disturbance at the Darden house and that Elaine Darden had been shot. David Darden left for home, and the Whites followed in their own car.

David Darden arrived home first and discovered that Elaine Darden was unhurt. At the house with Elaine…