Paul v. State

Adams, Judge.

A jury convicted Jessie Lamar Paul of one count of riot in a penal institution under OCGA § 16-10-56, and he appeals following the denial of his motion for new trial.

Paul was charged with committing the offense of riot in a penal institution 1 in that on or about October 7, 2005, while legally confined in the Harris County jail, he “did unlawfully act in a violent and tumultuous manner, to-wit: gouging the eye of Ryan Anthony Lett with his, the accused’s, thumb. ...” The evidence at trial showed that Paul and Lett, a jail trustee, began arguing during lunchtime at the jail. The…