Edwards v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Ernest James Edwards was tried by a jury and convicted of battery. He claims that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court erred by failing to charge the jury on the offense of simple battery and on bias. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Edwards and John Gordon were cellmates at the Clayton County jail. After a card game in their cell, the two men had an argument. When the argument was over, they lay down in their respective beds. Gordon testified that, while he was lying in the bottom bunk bed, Edwards got up. They exchanged a few…