Bogan v. State

The appellant, Freddie M. Bogan, was convicted of first degree assault. He was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary.

I

The appellant contends that the trial court erred by not instructing the jury on the lesser included offense of third degree assault.

"No party may assign as error the court's giving or failing to give a written instruction, or the giving of an erroneous, misleading, incomplete, or otherwise improper oral charge, unless he objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict, stating the matter to which he objects and the grounds of his objection. Opportunity…