Legal Opinion
Defrancisco v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 8, 2008No. A07A1598PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
Following a bench trial, Joseph Loren Defrancisco was found guilty of one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon upon a police officer (OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2) and (c)), two counts of obstruction of an officer (OCGA § 16-10-24 (b)), and one count of reckless endangerment (OCGA § 16-5-60 (b)). Defrancisco appeals, challenging the effectiveness of trial counsel, the validity of his waiver of the right to a jury trial, and the sufficiency of the evidence as to his conviction for aggravated assault. Discerning no error, we affirm.
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