BIRDSONG, Presiding Judge.
Appellant James Meredith was convicted of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The evidence shows appellant shot Matthew Thompson while Thompson was engaged in a fistfight with appellant's friend, Joe Armstrong. Although the victim tried to back away from the fistfight, appellant pulled out his gun from a distance of about 70 or 80 feet and, although another person tried to dissuade him, appellant said, "No...
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