Legal Opinion
Dougherty v. the State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 29, 2017No. A17A0461PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Presiding Judge.
Following a bench trial, the trial court found Preston Wayne Dougherty guilty of two counts of misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer based on Dougherty’s resistance to two officers who were attempting to arrest him. Dougherty now appeals, contending that there was insufficient evidence that he obstructed the officers while they were acting in the lawful discharge of their official duties. Upon our review, we affirm.
Construed in the light most favorable to the verdict, see Bray v. State, 330 Ga. App. 768, 771 (1) (768 SE2d 285) (2015), the evidence showed…
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