In the Interest of H. S.

How courts have described this case

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• “To constitute the crime of aggravated battery, there is no requirement that, in addition to being ‘serious,’ the disfigurement of a victim be permanent.”
• broken nose and lacerated scalp constitute serious temporary disfigurement under OCGA § 16-5-24
• where victim suffered a broken nose and a laceration to the scalp requiring several stitches, evidence authorized a finding that victim had incurred at the very least a temporary serious disfigurement to his head
• where victim suffered a broken nose and a laceration to the scalp requiring several stitches, evidence authorized a finding that victim had incurred at the very least a temporary serious disfigurement to his head
• aggravated battery does not require that disfigurement be permanent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).