Watkins v. State

138 Ga. App. 160 (1976)

225 S.E.2d 739

WATKINS

v.

THE STATE.

51794.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Submitted March 1, 1976.

Decided March 18, 1976.

Hill, Jones & Farrington, Bobby L. Hill, George P. Shingler, for appellant.

Andrew J. Ryan, Jr., District Attorney, Michael Gardner, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of aggravated assault by shooting a man with a 12-gauge shotgun and a sentence to five years in the penitentiary. Appellant enumerates as error the denial of his motion for a new trial. The bases of that motion were: (1) that verdict…