Legal Opinion

Harper v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 16, 1981No. 60896PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The defendant appeals from his conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. We affirm.

*4811. The trial court charged the jury in part as follows: “At this time, I will define for you what an Aggravated Assault is under the law of Georgia. A person commits an assault when he either attempts to commit a bodily injury to the person of another or commits an act which places another in reasonable apprehension of immediately receiving bodily injury. A person commits aggravated assault when he assaults with a deadly weapon.”

Appellant asserts that the instruction…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Lamar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  2. Quarles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  3. Talley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Scott v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Kunselman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Martinez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  3. Salahuddin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. McKibben v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994

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