State v. Carter

On August 10,

1983, defendant-appellant, Thomas E. Carter, was involved in an altercation with another man in the parking lot of a local restaurant. As a result, the defendant was indicted on a charge of felonious assault. At the trial before a jury in the court of common pleas, there was conflicting testimony as to who was the aggressor; the defendant asserted that he acted in self-defense when he swung his belt, striking the other man in the head with the belt buckle and causing visual impairment, facial fractures and lacerations. The defendant was found guilty as charged and was thereafter…