State v. Welborn

SCHLEGEL, Judge.

The defendant, Martin Welborn, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of the offenses of willful injury and tampering with a witness. He contends that the trial court erred by overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal because insufficient evidence existed to sustain either charge against him. He further argues that the submission of the witness tampering charge prejudiced the jury and allowed an inference of guilt as to the willful injury charge. We affirm.

Defendant Welborn and a codefendant, Leroy McFadden, were charged with willful injury after an incident…