Leach v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted of the offenses of aggravated assault and possession of a sawed-off shotgun in violation of the Georgia Firearms and Weapons Act. He appeals to this court asserting six enumerations of error.

On July 1, 1975, K. A. Garner, an on-duty Clayton County police officer, and his partner responded to a wife beating incident reported by appellant’s neighbor. Mrs. Leach answered the officer’s knock at the door and appeared upset, but her hair and clothing were not disheveled. From his vantage point at the doorway, the officer could see…