Case Name: DAVIS v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1976-03-18
Citations: 138 Ga. App. 317
Docket Number: 51873
Parties: DAVIS v. THE STATE.
Judges: Deen, P. J., and Webb, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 317–318

Head Matter:
51873.
DAVIS v. THE STATE.

Opinion:
Quillian, Judge.
Appeal in this case was taken from the defendant's conviction of aggravated assault. The charge arose out of an incident in which the defendant discharged his gun, a deadly weapon in the direction of a police officer. Held:
1. The defendant's sworn testimony was to the effect that the weapon discharged when his wife reached for the gun. He related "she had her hands on it and I took it away from her, that is when it went off." In response to the question, "didn't you have it in both hands like this when it went off?" He replied, "no, she had my hand and I had hers." This was evidence which would raise the issue of accident and hence it was error to omit a charge on Code Ann. § 26-602 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 1249, 1269); Jordan v. State, 154 Ga. 390 (114 SE 349); Coleman v. State, 208 Ga. 511 (67 SE2d 578); Teasley v. State, 228 Ga. 107, 110 (3) (184 SE2d 179).
Argued March 2, 1976
Decided March 18, 1976
Rehearing denied April 1, 1976
Altman, Williamson, McGraw & Loftiss, Harry J. Altman, II, for appellant.
H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, for appellee.
2. The defendant's enumeration of error with regard to the failure to charge, without request, an alleged lesser included offense is not likely to recur upon the retrial of this case.
Judgment reversed.
Deen, P. J., and Webb, J., concur.