Dryden v. State

Miller, Judge.

A jury convicted Chanju Dryden of aggravated assault on a peace officer (OCGA § 16-5-21 (c)); serious injury by vehicle based upon reckless driving (OCGA §§ 40-6-394; 40-6-390); 1 and obstruction of an officer (OCGA § 40-6-395 (a)). 2 He was sentenced as a recidivist to 31 years in confinement, 18 years to serve, and the remainder probated. Dryden appeals, contending that the trial court erred in accepting the jury’s verdicts of guilty as to aggravated assault on a peace officer and serious injury by vehicle (reckless driving), such verdicts as mutually exclusive. Further, he…