Agyemang v. the State

RAY, Judge.

A Forsyth County jury convicted Edward Agyemang of one count of simple battery. He appeals from that conviction, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion to introduce prior difficulties between the parties and that there was a fatal variance between the accusation and the evidence presented at trial. He also argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. For the following reasons, we vacate Agyemang’s conviction and remand the case to the trial court for a new trial.

“On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most…