Mitchell v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21) and appeals from the judgment of conviction, sentence, and denial of his motion for a new trial.

The victim testified at trial that as she and her seven-year-old daughter were getting into their car in a mall parking lot, a man came up behind her and grabbed her. When she turned around to look at her assailant, he hit her in the face, threw her in the car, and told her he had a gun and would kill her. He went through her purse looking for money, but she did not have any. He then told the victim to move over…