State v. Bryant

I would grant the petition filed by the State.

Goolsby, Judge:

Michael Lee Bryant appeals his convictions for failure to stop for a blue light or siren, resisting arrest, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and malicious injury to personal property. The issues on appeal concern a defendant’s criminal liability for an unintended harm and the pitting of a defendant’s testimony against the testimony of another witness. We reverse Bryant’s conviction for malicious damage to personal property but otherwise affirm the judgment below.

When viewed in the light most favorable to the…