Johnson v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Johnson appeals his conviction and sentence for aggravated assault, OCGA § 16-5-21, and the denial of his amended motion for new trial.

1. Appellant maintains that the trial court should have directed a verdict of acquittal at the close of the state’s case and that the verdict is contrary to the evidence and without evidence to support it.

The evidence construed so as to uphold the verdict, Rhodes v. State, 168 Ga. App. 10, 11 (1) (308 SE2d 33) (1983), showed the following: Johnson and the victim, Wright, were attending a house party at which there was drinking and card playing.…