Court of Appeals of Georgia January 20, 1995, A94A2669 (Lara v. State)

Beasley, Chief Judge.

Lara appeals his conviction for aggravated battery (OCGA § 16-5-24 (a)) for shooting a stranger in the head and blinding his left eye. The State’s evidence showed the following. Around midnight a fight broke out between two groups in the parking lot of an apartment complex. Lara, a member of one of the groups, arrived at the scene and voluntarily entered the fray.