Park v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Dong Jin Park was convicted of aggravated battery (OCGA § 16-5-24) for repeatedly striking Eung Chul Lee and rendering his left eye useless. The issues are whether the trial court erred by (i) declining to order Lee to undergo an independent eye exam, (ii) allowing the testimony of an officer who was not on the State’s witness list and who testified to a statement made by Park to another officer, (iii) failing to charge the jury on justification, (iv) allowing the State to present impeaching testimony as to statements of Park’s wife, the State’s witness, and (v) allowing the…