Minor v. State

Johnson, Judge.

Jerome Minor appeals his conviction for public indecency. We affirm.

1. Minor asserts the evidence was insufficient to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and that the trial court should have directed a verdict in his favor. Viewed in a light most favorable to support the jury’s verdict, the evidence shows that a correctional officer at the state prison facility in Oglethorpe, Georgia, observed Minor sitting in a common television-viewing room with his penis out of his pants. The correctional officer was five or six feet away from Minor. Minor was masturbating. When Minor…