Price v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Brian S. Price was convicted of aggravated assault. He enumerates five errors on appeal.

This case arose in the evening after the victim, Price’s wife, took the keys to his car to prevent him from driving drunk. She left with the keys and stayed away all night, drinking coffee in a gas station until she reported for work the next morning. After she arrived at work, Price came in, still intoxicated, wanting his keys. At that point, the victim telephoned the police. When she refused to relinquish the keys, he threw her to the ground, hit her in the face, and repeatedly…