Jackson v. State

Smith, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for aggravated battery and convicted of aggravated assault. Appellant makes two contentions on appeal: (1) that the trial court erred in refusing to grant appellant’s motion for directed verdict of acquittal on the aggravated battery charge and (2) that the indictment cannot support a conviction for aggravated assault. We affirm.

1. The indictment alleges that appellant "did . . . maliciously cause bodily harm to Nellie Taylor Rickman, by rendering her left ear useless and by seriously disfiguring her body by shooting her with a certain pistol.” Appellant…