White v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was accused, tried and convicted of aggravated battery and aggravated assault. The trial court vacated the aggravated assault conviction by merging it with the aggravated battery conviction and sentenced defendant to serve 20 years in confinement. This appeal followed the denial of defendant’s motion for a new trial. Held:

Decided October 14, 1993. Johnny B. Mostiler, for appellant. Johnnie L. Caldwell, Jr., District Attorney, Daniel A. Hiatt, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

It was not incumbent upon the State to prove that defendant intended to…