Bostic v. State

COBB, Judge.

The appellant, Aaron Lee Bostic, was found guilty by a jury of fleeing a police officer, driving without a license, improper tag, resisting arrest without violence, battery and battery upon a law enforcement officer. He was sentenced as a habitual felon. He challenges the felony conviction of battery upon an officer, contending that the evidence was insufficient to show that he intentionally touched the arresting officer. He argues that his action of holding the officer’s arm during the course of a struggle may have been a defensive reflex that cannot support conviction of a…