Young v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

David Young, Jr., appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, for aggravated assault contending that: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict because the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Young was not justified in shooting Hershel Carter in the back with a .22 caliber pistol; (2) the trial court’s charge that an aggressor is not justified in using force was contrary to the evidence; and (3) the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury that it must find beyond a reasonable doubt that Young’s actions were unjustified…