Cochran v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Christopher David Cochran was convicted of battery as a lesser included offense of aggravated assault for repeatedly punching his former sister-in-law’s boyfriend in the head. In his sole enumeration, Cochran contends that the trial court erred in its recharge of the jury by adding sua sponte a charge on voluntary intoxication. We disagree.

The record shows the following: In its initial charge to the jury, the trial court gave the standard charges and then charged the jury on aggravated assault, battery, justification, and self-defense. Shortly after…