228 Ga. App. 779 - Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “The purpose of the aggravated assault statute is to treat as a felony those assaults likely to result or actually resulting in serious bodily injury, whether through the use of an external weapon or the defendant’s hands and feet. Compare OCGA § 16-5-20 (misdemeanor simple assault) with OCGA § 16-5-21 (felony aggravated assault). The purpose of the armed robbery statute, by contrast, is to punish more severely those defendants who use a weapon in the commission of a robbery, which would constitute a felony even in the absence of such a weapon. Compare OCGA § 16-8-40 (felony robbery) with OCGA § 16-8-41 (felony armed robbery). Thus, the focus in an aggravated assault case is the likelihood or actual presence of serious bodily harm, while the focus in an armed robbery case is on the presence of a weapon. 15”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 Ga. App. 423 - Haugland v. State

2. “The standard of review for the denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal is the same as that for reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction. Under that standard we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt. (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Wright v. State, 228 Ga. App. 779 (1) ( 492 SE2d 680 ) (1997).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 244 Ga. App. 730 - Goddard v. State