Rashad Kirkland was indicted on charges of aggravated assault, attempted sale of cocaine, fleeing or attempting to elude, and reckless driving. A jury acquitted him on the drug charge and found him guilty of the remaining charges. His amended motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals, challenging only his conviction for aggravated assault. Kirkland contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support his conviction for aggravated assault, that the trial court failed to correct the false impression given to the jury that he could be found guilty of aggravated assault based only on a finding that he drove recklessly, and that the trial court failed to instruct the jurors that to convict Kirkland of aggravated assault they must find that he intended to cause harm to the victim. We disagree and affirm. Construed to support the jury’s verdict, the evidence presented at trial showed that a certain individual, Kenya Green, was arrested for delivering marijuana to a motel room. After being arrested, Green convinced the officers that Kirkland was an active drug dealer who dealt in cocaine.1 In return for a lighter sentence, Green offered to participate in a controlled buy from Kirkland. The officers agreed and arranged a controlled buy at a local car wash.
At least two officers were stationed on the car wash property in an unmarked car, and two backup officers hid on adjoining property behind a stack of tires. Other officers were parked along the road near the car wash. Green left the car wash just before Kirkland arrived. When Kirkland drove up, instead of parking his car, he backed up and then pulled out of the car wash “as if he knew something was fixing to happen that he didn’t want to stick around.”
