Strange v. State

McMurray, Senior Appellate Judge.

Following an earlier mistrial, a Morgan County jury convicted defendant of four counts of aggravated assault. The superior court thereafter sentenced defendant consecutively and concurrently to 50 years confinement, to serve 40 and the remainder probated. Defendant now appeals upon the superior court’s denial of his motion for new trial, as amended. Held:

Viewed in a light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence pertinently shows that defendant and his friend, Derek Bray, were guests at a 1996 Fourth of July party at the home of the victim, John…