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Taylor v. State

The victim identified the defendant as the man who knocked on her door late at night, returned several times when she told him he had the wrong address, threatened to beat her when she displayed a handgun and knocked out her front window with a piece of cement, causing slivers of glass to strike her on her head and face.

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Alonzo Bobo Taylor appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial following his conviction on charges of aggravated assault and burglary. We affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that on April 26, 2000, Annie Carver was an 80-year-old woman, who lived alone, in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. each night, Carver generally went back to her bedroom to lie down and watch television. She would normally turn off the television and go to sleep after the news at around 11:30 p.m.

On the night of April 26, as Carver was lying in bed, she heard a knock at her front door at somewhere between 11:00 and 11:30 p. m. She went to the window in her front bedroom and looked out. Carver saw a man she did not recognize standing at her front door. The lights were off in the house at the time, and Carver testified that there is a street light ten to 15 feet in the next lot and a street light at the corner. She said that there is usually so much light shining into her living room from outside that she does not need to turn on a light unless she is reading or sewing. After spotting the man, Carver went to the door and, without opening it, asked if she could help him.

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