166 Ga. App. 744 - Hightower v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “taking away one element of such offense, to wit — the theft, there are facts also showing that the defendant committed an assault with a knife, a deadly weapon (thus an aggravated assault) and if the defendant's testimony is accepted then he only committed an assault and battery since he did not use the knife when he seized the victim... [T]he facts when analyzed in a step-by-step fashion show that the crimes of assault and battery were included in the greater offenses for which the defendant was indicted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hightower

2. “either assault or battery may be lesser included offenses of an armed robbery based on the facts of a particular case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hightower