Patterson v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant, charged with simple battery (OCGA § 16-5-23 (a) (2)), public drunkenness (OCGA § 16-11-41 (a)), and obstruction of an officer (OCGA § 16-10-24), appeals from his conviction of battery and public drunkenness on the general grounds. He was tried before the court without a jury.

1. Although the evidence was conflicting, construing it with every inference and presumption in favor of the judgment, there was sufficient evidence from which a rational trier of fact could find defendant guilty of public drunkenness beyond a reasonable doubt. See Bush v. State, 179 Ga. App.…