Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 31, 2000No. A00A1412PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Johnson, Chief Judge.

A jury found Marcus Octavious Johnson guilty of aggravated assault. He appeals, raising three issues regarding the trial court’s charges to the jury. Because none of the enumerations has merit, we affirm his conviction.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that George Walker was in a bar with his common law wife, Mia Green, when she began dancing with Johnson. Moments later, a group of men surrounded Green and began touching and “trying to dance nasty with her.” Walker approached the men and told them to stop behaving this way toward his…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Harwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  3. Chadwick v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  4. Roberson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  5. Price v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Whitaker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  2. Boone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  3. English v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  4. Haugland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  5. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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