Watson v. State

Banke, Chief Judge.

The appellant was convicted of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21) and influencing a witness (OCGA § 16-10-93). The aggravated assault conviction was based on the testimony of his former girl friend, Mary Taylor, that he had shot her in the mouth with a pistol. The conviction for influencing a witness was based on Ms. Taylor’s testimony that, several months after the assault occurred, she had gone to the district attorney’s office to request that the appellant not be prosecuted for that offense, responding to the appellant’s threat to kill her if she did not.

The appellant…